The Princely State of Rajgarh was one of the prominent states of the British Government of India. It was a part of the Bhopal Agency of the Central India Agency. Rajgarh State covered a total area of 940 sq miles and the princely state comprised of a total population of 88,376 in the year 1901. The princely state of Bhopal paid lump sum tribute to Scindia of Gwalior state. The territory was ruled by the native rulers or Indian princes, who were bestowed the title of Rawat. The rulers were the Rajputs of the Ponwar Umat dynasty. At present, Rajgarh is a Nagar Panchayat and a town in Madhya Pradesh state, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the district of Rajgarh. The Princely State of Rajgarh was under the indirect control of the British Empire in India.
Agriculture was one of the major occupations of the populace of Rajgarh State. Opium and grain were the main products of trade in the region. After India achieved independence from the British administration in the year 1947, the last Rawat of the princely state of Rajgarh acceded to the newly formed Union of India. The territory of Rajgarh was incorporated into the state of Madhya Bharat that was created by the western region of the erstwhile British India`s Central India Agency of princely states. Later in the year 1956, Madhya Bharat was merged with the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
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