Muhammadgarh
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Muhammadgarh
Mediatized State in Central India, under the Bhopal Agency, situated on the Malwa plateau, with an area of about 29 square miles, and a population (1901) of 2,944. The State was originally included in Basoda and Korwai. In 1753 Ahsan-ullah Khan, the Nawab of Basoda, divided his State between his two sons, Baka-ullah and Muhammad Khan, the latter founding the town and State of Muhammadgarh. The present chief is Hatim Kuli Khan, who succeeded in 1896, and bears the title of Nawab.
The State contains 14 villages, and produces good crops of all the ordinary grains and of poppy. About 8 square miles, or 27 per cent, of the total area, are cultivated, of which 51 acres are irrigated. The chief exercises th^ criminal powers of a first-class magistrate, all serious crimes being dealt with by the Political Agent. The revenue amounts to Rs. 7,000. The town of Muhammadgarh is situated in 23^ 39' N. and 78° ro' E., and has a population (1901) of 856. It is reached from the Bhilsa station of the Midland section of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 29 miles distant, by a fair-weather road.
