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=Basoda (Nawab-Basoda, Haidargarh-Basoda)=

A mediatized chief- 
ship in Central India, under the Bhopal Agency, situated on the Malwa 
plateau, with an area of about 40 square miles, and a population (1901) 
of 4,987. The town from which the State takes its name was founded 
by Raja Bir Singh Deo of Orchha in the seventeenth century. It is 
often styled Muhammadgarh-Basoda and Haidargarh-Basoda, to dis- 
tinguish it from the place of the same name in Gwalior State, but is 
generally called Nawab-Basoda. The State is bounded on the west by 
the Sironj district of Tonk State, and a portion of Gwalior ; on the 
north by the Saugor District of the Central Provinces, and the States 
of Patharl, Korwai, and Muhammadgarh ; on the east by Saugor District 
and Bhopal ; and on the south by Bhopal. 

The Nawabs of Basoda belong to the Korwai family founded by 
Muhammad Diler Khan, an Afghan of the Barakzai Firoz Khel, in the 
eighteenth century. On his death the State was divided between his 
two sons, Korwai falling to the elder. The younger, Ahsan-uUah Khan, 
settled at first at Rakha and Bahadurgarh, now Isagarh in the Gwalior 
State, but being hard pressed by the Marathas, moved his capital to 
Basoda in 1753. In 181 7 the State fell into the hands of Sindhia, but 
was restored in 1822 on the mediation of the British authorities. The 
chief, though nominally subordinate to Sindhia, pays him no tribute, 
and in his relations with that Darbar receives the countenance and 
support of the Political Agent, who since 1822 has exercised the 
same general authority in this chiefship as in the guaranteed chiefships 
subject to his control. 

Ahsan-ullah died in 1786, having alienated part of his possessions to 
form the State of Muhammadgarh. He was followed by Nawab Baka- 
ullah Khan and Asad Ali Khan, the last being at one time minister 
of the Bhopal State, from which he was, however, removed for intriguing 
with the pretender Dastglr. The present chief is Haidar All Khan, 
who succeeded in 1897, and bears the title of Nawab. The State con- 
tains twenty-three villages, and is fertile and produces good crops 
About 10 square miles, or 25 per cent, of the total area, are cultivated, 
126 acres being irrigated. The chief exercises the criminal powers 
of a first-class magistrate, all heinous crimes being dealt with by the 
Political Agent. The normal revenue of the State is Rs. 19,000, of 
which Rs. 16,000 is derived from land. The incidence of the land 
revenue demand is Rs. 2-9-3 Per acre of cultivated area. Basoda, 
the chief town, is situated in 23° 51' N. and 77° 56' E. Population 
(1901), 1,850. It contains a British post office, a jail, a school, and a 
dispensary. '