Malwa 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 Malwa Agency was formed in 1895 out of 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 ...

s in the Northern Malwa region formerly under the authority of the British agent for Indore

Indore

Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...

 . The headquarters of the political agent was at Mandsaur

Mandsaur

Mandsaur or Mandsour is a city in the Malwa region and district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It is the administrative headquarters of Mandsaur District.-Origin of name:...

 / Neemuch

Neemuch

Neemuch or Nimach is a town in the Malwa region in state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Neemuch shares its north eastern border with state of Rajasthan. It is the administrative headquarters of Neemuch District. Nimach is an abbreviation of "North India Mounted Artillery & Cavalry Headquarters"...

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The agency included the States of :-

• Ratlam State
  Ratlam State
  Ratlam State was a princely state in British India, part of Malwa agency of Central India. For long period the Ratlam region was under rule of the Rathor's...
  
  
• Jaora State
  Jaora State
  Jaora State was founded by 'Abdu'l Ghafur Muhammad Khan, a Muslim of Afghan descent. He was a cavalry officer serving the Pindari leader Amir Khan. He later served the Holkar maharaja of Indore, subduing Rajput territories in northern Malwa and annexing their lands. In return for his services, he...
  
  
• Sitamau State
  Sitamau State
  Sitamau State was princely state before 1947, it was founded in 1701, and was ruled by the Rathore dynasty. The total area of the state was 523 square kilometres.It belonged to Malwa Agency....
  
  
• Sailana State
  Sailana State
  Sailana State was a princely state in India during British raj with an area of 769 km². It was part of Malwa Agency, a part of Central India Agency. Sailana State was founded by Jai Singh, great-grandson of Ratan Singh, founder of Ratlam State in 1730. Initially his capital was at Raoti. He built...
  
  
• Piploda State
  Piploda State
  Piploda State was a princely state in India. It was ruled by Rajputs of the Dodia clan. The state had an area of 91 km². Piploda was a dependency of Jaora state until 1924, when it became a separate state...
  
  
• Panth-Piploda
  Panth-Piploda
  Panth-Piploda was a province of British India. It is located in present-day Ratlam District of Madhya Pradesh state of central India.Panth-Piploda was British India's smallest province, with an area of , and a population of 5267...
  
   Estate .
• certain portions of - 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...
  
  , Indore State, Tonk State & 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...
  
   States (Senior & Junior) territories .

The 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...

 States (Senior & Junior) were added to Malwa Agency in 1907 . In 1925 , Malwa Agency was amalgamated with Bhopawar Agency

Bhopawar Agency

Bhopawar was an sub-agency of the Central India Agency in British India with the headquarters at the town of Bhopawar , so the name . Bhopawar Agency was created in 1882 from a number of princely states in the Western Nimar and Southern Malwa regions of Central India , which included :-# Dhar.#*...

 to form the Malwa and Bhopawar Agency , renamed the Malwa and Southern States Agency in 1927 . The Dewas States were transferred to Bhopal Agency

Bhopal Agency

Bhopal Agency was an administrative section of British India's Central India Agency . The Bhopal Agency was formed in 1818 at the conclusion of the Third Anglo-Maratha War , and consisted of the princely state of Bhopal , the other Princely States of :- Khilchipur , Kurwai , Narsingarh , ...

 in 1931 , and in 1934 the agency was once again renamed Malwa Agency.

After Indian independence in 1947 , 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...

 , and were amalgamated into the new Indian 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...

 . Madhya Bharat was 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.