Jaora State
Jaora State was a 13 gun-salute princely state of the British Raj. It was part of the Malwa Agency.
| Jaora State जावरा रियासत | |||||||
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| Princely State of British India | |||||||
| 1818–1948 | |||||||
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Jaora located within the Malwa Agency near 4 | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 1,471 km2 (568 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 84,202 | ||||||
| Government | |||||||
| • Motto | "Dil o daulat" (Heart and wealth). | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1818 | ||||||
| 1948 | |||||||
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| Today part of | Madhya Pradesh, India | ||||||
The total area of the princely state, with the dependencies of Piploda and Panth-Piploda, was 1,471 km2 (568 sq mi). Jaora state was divided into four tehsils, Jaora, Barauda, Tal, and Barkhera. The chief crops were millets, cotton, maize and opium. The revenue of the state was Rs.8,50,000 in 1901.
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