Khilchipur State was a 9 gun salute

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

in India. The seat was in

Khilchipur Khilchipur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Rajgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In 2022 Janpad Panchayat election held in which BJP emerged as a winner and make their candidate Janpad Adhyaksh and up-adhyaksh under the lea ...

. It had an area of , and a population of 31,143 in 1901. Its estimated revenue in 1901 was Rs.1,14,000.

History

Founded in 1544 by Dewan Ugra Sen, who was forced by family dissensions to migrate from the Khichi capital of Gagraun. A grant of land was subsequently made to him by the Mughal Emperor, which included the adjoining Zirapur and Machalpur parganas, later conquered by

Indore State Indore State, also known as Holkar State, was a kingdom in India. Its rulers belonged to the Holkar dynasty. After 1857, Indore became a 19-gun salute Maratha princely state (a rare high rank) under the British Raj. Indore state wa ...

, and Shujalpur, later in

Gwalior State Gwalior state was a semi-autonomous Maratha state. It was centred in modern-day Madhya Pradesh, arising due to the rise of the Maratha Empire and fragmentation of the Mughal Empire. It was ruled by the House of Scindia (anglicized from Shinde) ...

. Khilchipur State became a prey to the attack of the Maharaja

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of Gwalior, in A.D. 1770 when Abhai Singh, the Ruler of Khilchipur was obliged to make terms with Mahadaji Sindhia and became his tributary. Khilchipur was formerly the capital of this princely state, under the

Bhopal Agency The Bhopal Agency was a section of British India's colonial Central India Agency, a British political unit which managed the relations of the British with a number of autonomous princely states existing outside British India.Great Britain India ...

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Central India Agency The Central India Agency was created in 1854, by amalgamating the Western Malwa Agency with other smaller political offices which formerly reported to the Governor-General of India. The agency was overseen by a political agent who maintained ...

. The rulers acceded to the

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after India's independence in 1947, and the Khilchipur became part of the new state of

Madhya Bharat Madhya Bharat, also known as Malwa Union, was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramukh. ...

. Madhya Bharat was merged into

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

on 1 November 1956.

Rulers

The rulers of Khilchipur were titled "Rao Bahadur" from 1870 until 1928.

Dewan title

*1679 – 1715 Anup Singh II *1718 – 1738 Fateh Singh *1738 – 1770 .... *1770 – 1787 Abhai Singh *1787 – 1795? Dip Singh *1795 – 1819 Durjan Sal (d. 1819) *1819 Balwant Singh *1819 – 1868 Shir Singh (b. 1814 – d. 1868) *27 Nov 1868 – Apr 1873 Amar Singh (b. 1834 – d. ....)

Rao Bahadur title

*Apr 1873 – 1899 Amar Singh (s.a.) *1899 – 18 Jan 1908 Bhawani Singh *19 Jan 1908 – 1928 Durjan Sal Singh (b. 1897 – d. 1942)

Raja title

*1928 – 1942 Durjan Sal Singh (s.a.) *1942 – 15 Aug 1947 Yashodar Singh (b. 1918 – d. 1961) *Priyavratsingh khichi

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