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Bhopal Agency

The Bhopal Agency was a political agency within the Central India Agency of British India, supervising Bhopal State and a group of smaller states in western Malwa, among them Rajgarh, Narsinghgarh, Kurwai, Basoda, Pathari and Mohammadgarh. A British political agent based at Sehore oversaw their relations with the government. After independence the states acceded to India and were merged into Madhya Bharat and Bhopal State, now part of Madhya Pradesh.

Bhopal Agency
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Mentioned in 6 state histories

Rajgarh StateNarsinghgarh StateKurwai StateBasoda StatePathari StateMohammadgarh State

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