Indore Residency
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.
Indore Residency
A Political Charge in Central India, created in 181 8. In 1854 the appointment of Resident at Indore was merged in that of the Agent to the Governor-General for Central India, who continued to hold direct charge of portions of the Indore State in addition to the superior control of the whole Agency. It was found necessary in 1899 to appoint a separate ofificer to the political charge of the Indore State. The Resident now holds charge of the whole State, except the pargattas of Lawani, Chikalda, and Petlawad, which are under the Political Agent in Bhopawar ; Talen and Sundarsi, under the Politi- cal Agent, Bhopal ; Nandwas (or Nandwai), under the Mewar Residency, Rajputana ; and Alampur, under the Political Agent in Bundelkhand.
The Residency has an area of 8,960 square miles, and a population (T901) of 833,410, of whom Hindus number 662,888, or 79 per cent. ; Musalmans, 77,825: Animists, 73,638; Jains^ 13,487; and Christians, 4,565. The density of population is 93 persons per square mile. The chief towns are Indore City (population, including the Agent to the Governor-General's Camp or Residency limits, 97,804), the canton- ment of Mhow (36,039), Rampura (8,273), Khargon (7,624), Ma- HESHWAR (7,042), Mehidpur (6,68i), Barwaha (6,094), Bhanpura (4,639), and Tarana (4,490). There are also 3,089 villages in the charge. The Resident has his head-quarters in the Agent to the Governor-General's Camp at Indore city,
