Malwa Agency

Malwa Agency
Sub-agency of the Central India Agency
1895–1947
Area
 • Coordinates24°02′N 75°05′E / 24.03°N 75.08°E / 24.03; 75.08
 
• 1881
31,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi)
Population 
• 1881
1,511,324
History 
• Abolition of the Western Malwa Agency
1895
• Merger into Madhya Bharat
1947
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Western Malwa Agency
Bhopawar Agency
Madhya Bharat

Malwa Agency was an administrative section of British India's Central India Agency. The headquarters of the political agent was at Neemuch (Nimach).[1] The other chief towns of the region were : Ratlam and Jaora.[2]

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Malwa" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 518.
  2. ^ Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.