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Malwa Agency was an administrative section of British India's Central India Agency . The Malwa Agency was formed in 1895 out of princely states in the Northern Malwa region formerly under the authority of the British agent for Indore . The headquarters of the political agent was at Mandsaur / Neemuch .
The agency included the States of :-
- Ratlam .
- Jaora .
- Sitamau .
- Sailana .
- Piploda .
- Panth-Piploda Estate .
- certain portions of - Gwalior State , Indore State , Tonk State & Dewas States (Senior & Junior) territories .
The Dewas States (Senior & Junior) were added to Malwa Agency in 1907 . In 1925 , Malwa Agency was amalgamated with Bhopawar Agency to form the Malwa and Bhopawar Agency , renamed the Malwa and Southern States Agency in 1927 . The Dewas States were transferred to Bhopal Agency 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 , and were amalgamated into the new Indian state of Madhya Bharat . Madhya Bharat was merged into Madhya Pradesh state on November 1, 1956 .
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