| Jaora State जावरा रियासत | |||||||
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| Princely State of British India | |||||||
| 1818–1948 | |||||||
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 Jaora located within the Malwa Agency near 4 | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 1,471 km2 (568 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 84,202 | ||||||
| Government | |||||||
| • Motto | "Dil o daulat" (Heart and wealth). | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1818 | ||||||
| 1948 | |||||||
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| Today part of | Madhya Pradesh, India[1] | ||||||
Jaora State was a 13 gun-salute princely state of the British Raj. It was part of the Malwa Agency.[2]
The total area of the princely state, with the dependencies of Piploda and Panth-Piploda, was 1,471 km2 (568 sq mi). Jaora state was divided into four tehsils, Jaora, Barauda, Tal, and Barkhera. The chief crops were millets, cotton, maize and opium. The revenue of the state was Rs.8,50,000 in 1901.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
EB1911was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 63., Digital South Asia Library