Central India Agency

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The Central India Agency was a British Indian administrative unit that oversaw a group of princely states in the central region of the Indian subcontinent during the colonial period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Indian administrative division
political agency in British India
administeredBy Agent to the Governor-General for Central India
capital Indore
composedOf Ajaigarh State
Alirajpur State
Barwani State
Bhopal State
surface form: Bhopal State (princely state)

Bijawar State
Chhatarpur State
Datia State
Dewas State Junior
Dewas State Senior
Dhar State
Dholpur State
surface form: Dholpur State (for a period)

Gwalior State
Indore State
Jaora State
Jhabua State
Jobat State
Narsinghgarh State
surface form: Khilchipur State

Narsinghgarh State
Orchha State
Panna State
Rajgarh State
Ratlam State
Rewa State
Sailana State
Samthar State
Sitamau State
Tonk State
surface form: Tonk State (Central India portion)
country British India
dissolved 1947
established 1854
followedBy Bhopal State
Dominion of India
Madhya Bharat
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Bharat
surface form: Vindhya Pradesh
governingBody Government of British India
surface form: British Government in India
hasPart Bagelkhand Agency
Central India Agency self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bhopawar Agency

Central India Agency self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bundelkhand Agency

Gwalior Residency
Indore Residency
Malwa Agency
headquartersLocation Indore
historicalEra British colonial period
locatedIn Indian subcontinent
Central India
surface form: central India
namedAfter Central India
surface form: Central India region
partOf British India
surface form: British Indian Empire
primaryFunction political control and diplomacy with rulers
supervision of princely states
subdivisionOf British India
surface form: British Raj
territoryIncludes parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh
parts of present-day Rajasthan
parts of present-day Uttar Pradesh

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Central India underColonialAdministrativeUnit Central India Agency
Rajputana Agency borderedBy Central India Agency
Jaitpur partOf Central India Agency
this entity surface form: Bundelkhand Agency
Gwalior State partOf Central India Agency
Bhopal State partOf Central India Agency
Central India Agency hasPart Central India Agency self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bundelkhand Agency
Central India Agency hasPart Central India Agency self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bhopawar Agency
Jhansi State partOf Central India Agency
this entity surface form: Bundelkhand Agency
Jhansi State partOf Central India Agency
Rewa Kantha Agency borderedBy Central India Agency
Indore State partOf Central India Agency
Azad placeOfBirth Central India Agency
Chandra Shekhar Tiwari placeOfBirth Central India Agency
Pratapgarh State partOf Central India Agency
this entity surface form: Agency of Central India
Holkar State of Indore partOf Central India Agency
Maharaja of Jhansi region Central India Agency
Madhya Bharat predecessor Central India Agency
this entity surface form: Central India Agency princely states