Bhopal Agency was an administrative section of British India's Central India Agency

Central India Agency

The Central India Agency was a political office of the British Indian Empire, which covered the northern half of present-day Madhya Pradesh state. The Central India Agency was made up entirely of princely states, which were under native rulers...

 . The Bhopal Agency was formed in 1818 at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Maratha War

Third Anglo-Maratha War

The Third Anglo-Maratha War was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an invasion of Maratha territory by 110,400 British East India Company troops, the largest...

 , and consisted of the princely state

Princely state

A Princely State was a nominally sovereign entitity of British rule in India that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy.-British relationship with the Princely States:India under the British Raj ...

 of Bhopal , the other Princely States of :- Khilchipur

Khilchipur

Khilchipur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Rajgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Rajgarh district.-History:...

 , Kurwai

Kurwai

Kurwai is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Vidisha district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.-History:Kurwai was formerly a Muslim princely state of British India. The state was 368 km² in area and in 1892 boasted a population of 30,631...

 , Narsingarh , Muhammadgarh

Muhammadgarh

Muhammadgarh is a town of Bahawalpur District in the Punjab province of eastern Pakistan. Neighbouring settlements include Faqirwali and Basti Nari....

 , Pathari

Pathari

Pathari is a formerly princely state of India, administratively under the Bhopal Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 78 square kilometers and had a population of 6,293 in 1892....

 , and Rajgarh

Rajgarh

-Places in India:* Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh* Rajgarh, Himachal Pradesh* Rajgarh, Alwar, a town in Rajasthan* Rajgarh, Churu, a town in Rajasthan* Rajgarh, Dhar - a town in Madhya Pradesh...

 surrounding Bhopal . The districts of Bhilsa and Isagarh

Isagarh

Isagarh, also known as Issagarh, is an island in Ashoknagar District of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It is the administrative headquarters of Isagarh tehsil.-History:...

 , which belonged to the Gwalior State

Gwalior state

Gwalior State was an Indian kingdom and princely state ruled by the Maratha dynasty. The state took its name from the old town of Gwalior, which, although never the actual capital, was an important place because of its strategic location and the strength of its fort. The state was founded in the...

 and also the district of Sironj

Sironj

Sironj is a city and a municipality in Vidisha district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.-Geography:Sironj is about 120 km north of Bhopal, the capital of Central Indian State of Madhya Pradesh. Although it lies in the Vidisha district and is about 85 km from Vidisha town, which is the...

 which belonged to Tonk

Tonk (princely state)

Tonk was a Princely State of India which by treaty in 1817 accepted British suzerainty. Following the Partition of India in 1947, Tonk acceded to the newly independent Union of India. It was located in the region that is now the Tonk district.-History:...

 State in Rajputana

Rajputana

Rājputāna was the pre-1949 name of the present-day Indian state of Rājasthān, the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. George Thomas was the first in 1800 A.D., to term this region as Rajputana...

 .

It was administered by an agent to the British Governor-General of India

Governor-General of India

The Governor-General of India was the head of the British administration in India, and later, after Indian independence, the representative of the monarch and de facto head of state. The office was created in 1773, with the title of Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William...

 . In 1854 the Bhopal Agency became part of the newly-created Central India Agency . In 1895 the Gwalior districts of Bhilsa and Isagarh were transferred from Bhopal Agency to Gwalior Residency

Gwalior Residency

Gwalior Residency was a political office in the British Indian Empire, which existed from 1782 until the British withdrawal from India in 1947. The Gwalior residency dealt with a number of Princely States of Central India, principally Gwalior State, but also the states of Benares and Rampur, the...

 . In 1931 the two Princely States of Dewas

Dewas

Dewas is an ancient town situated on the Malwa plateau in the West-central part of Indian state called Madhya Pradesh, about 160 km south west from state capital, Bhopal. It is the administrative center of the Dewas District, and was formerly the seat of two princely states during the British...

 - Senior & Junior , were added to the agency and in 1933 the state of Makrai

Makrai

Makrai was a princely state of India from the 16th century, later coming under the administrative authority of the Central Provinces and Berar until 1933, when it was transferred to the Bhopal Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. In 1892, it covered an area of and had a population of...

 was transferred from the Central Provinces and Berar

Central Provinces and Berar

The Central Provinces and Berar was a province of British India. The province comprised British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India, and covered much of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra states. Its capital was Nagpur. The Central Provinces was formed in...

.

Bhopal Agency ceased to exist at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947 when India became independent , and all treaty relations between the princely states and the British ceased to exist . After independence , the rulers of these states acceded to the Government of India

Government of India

The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

 . All of the states but Bhopal were incorporated into the new state of Madhya Bharat

Madhya Bharat

Madhya Bharat , also known as Malwa Union was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jivaji Rao Scindia as its Rajpramukh...

, and Bhopal

Bhopal State (1949-1956)

Bhopal was the name of state of India, which existed from 1949 to 1956. The state evolved out of the princely state of Bhopal, and was merged with neighboring states to form Madhya Pradesh in 1956. Shankar Dayal Sharma served as chief minister of Bhopal state from 1952 to 1956.- History :Before the...

 became a Chief Commissioner's Province. Madhya Bharat and Bhopal were merged into Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

state on November 1, 1956 .