Bagelkhand Agency
The Bagelkhand Agency was a British political unit (1871–1933) that managed relations with several princely states outside British India, including Rewa and 11 smaller states. The most important states were Maihar, Nagod and Sohawal, along with Jaso, Kothi, Baraundha (Patharkachhar) and the Kalinjar Chaubes, which included Paldeo, Kamta-Rajaula, Taraon, Pahra and Bhaisaunda. Created in March 1871, the agency was named after the Bagelkhand region. From 1871 to 1933 it was overseen by the Governor-General of India’s Agent for Central India, with a political Agent usually based at Singrauli.
The agency covered about 37,100 square kilometers (14,323 square miles). In 1901 its population was 1,555,024, an 11% drop from ten years earlier largely due to famines. Severe droughts in 1895–97 caused a famine in 1897, and there was another drought in 1899–1900 in some states. In 1931 the eleven smaller states were moved to the Bundelkhand Agency, and in 1933 the Bagelkhand Agency was dissolved, with Rewa joining the Indore Residency.
After India gained independence in 1947, the princely states joined India and merged with Rewa to form Vindhya Pradesh, which later became part of Madhya Pradesh on November 1, 1956.
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