Panth-Piploda was a province of

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

. It is located in present-day Ratlam district of

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state of central India. Panth-Piploda was British India's smallest province, with an area of , and a population of 5267 (male 2666, female 2601) (1941 census). It was located in the

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region, and consisted of several separate enclaves, bounded by the

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s of

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Jaora Jaora is a city and a municipality in Ratlam district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Jaora is located in the Malwa region, between Ratlam and Mandsaur. It was the capital of the Jaora princely state of Jaora before Independence. During ...

, and

Dewas Dewas is a city in the Malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The municipality was formerly the seat of two 15-Gun Salute state princely states during the British Raj, Dewas Junior state and Dewas Senior state, ruled by the Pua ...

. The province was governed by a chief commissioner appointed by the

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History

In 1935 Panth Piploda was separated from Bombay. Panth-Piploda was a small tract of territory comprising only 10½ villages, which were held by five different ''thakur''s. In 1765, the

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of the

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assigned the revenues from the villages to the family of Sambhaji Attaji, a Deshastha Brahmin. This ruling family was later known as the family of the Khandekar Pandits. The arrangement made by the Peshwa was respected by the British when they took over Panth Piploda from the Marathas in 1817. The ruling family did not have any proprietary rights whatever in these villages and were mere ''tankadar''s (recipients of the cash allowance). This cash allowance was paid to them by the Political Agent in Malwa Agency who realized it from the '' thakurs'' in whose territories the villages lay. The estate was managed by a Superintendent under the control of the Political Agent with headquarters at Kharua (also spelled as Kharwa). In 1936, there were two guaranteed ''tankadars'', who received payments totaling Rs. 46,000. It became a province of British India in 1942. On 15 Aug 1947 it became part of independent

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Chief Commissioners

*1935–1940

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(1887–1960) *1940–1942

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(1887–1965) *1942–1946

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(1898–1973)

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