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Malwa continued to be an administrative division until 1947, when the Malwa Agency of British India was merged into Madhya Bharat (also known as Malwa Union) state of independent India. Although its political borders have fluctuated throughout history, the region has developed its own distinct culture, influenced by the Rajasthani, Marathi and ...
Map created by the British East India Company of the Malwa region of Punjab showing the various polities, borders, and settlements of the area, ca.1829–1835. Rupnagar, Moga, Jagraon, Dharamkot, Kotkupura, Muktsar, and Sahnewal, are marked as the territories south of the Sutlej River which were controlled by the Sikh Empire.
The Malwa Sultanate [n 1] was a late medieval kingdom in the Malwa region, covering the present day Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and south-eastern Rajasthan from 1401 to 1562. It was founded by Dilawar Khan , who following Timur 's invasion and the disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate, in 1401, made Malwa an independent realm.
Bhoja is commonly regarded as the greatest king of Malwa and made extensive conquests. He created an alliance between the Kingdom of Chedi, the Chola empire and the Kingdom of Malwa, and defeated the Kingdom of Kuntala. However, in 1048, the Kingdom of Kuntala invaded and sacked the capital of Malwa, and forced to cede territories up till the ...
The Central Highlands of India is a large geological structure and biogeographic region located between the Deccan plateau and the Indo-Gangetic plains consisting of number of mountain ranges, including Vindhya and Aravali ranges, and the Chota Nagpur and Malwa plateaus. [1] It is the single most important feature of Central India.
From the 10th century onward, historical records use the term "Malavas" to refer to the Paramaras, who ruled the present-day Malwa region. It is probable that the Paramaras were descended from the ancient Malavas. However, they came to be called "Malavas" after they started ruling the Malwa region, which was named after the ancient Malavas.
Malwa Subah comprised 12 sarkars (districts): Ujjain, Chanderi, Raisen, Garha Mandla, Sarangpur, Bijagarh, Mandu, Handia, Nandurbar, Mandsaur, Gagron and Kotri-Parava. These sarkars are further divided into 301 parganas. The city of Ujjain was the capital of the subah. [3] The sarkars (districts) and the parganas (tehsils) of Malwa Subah were:
Avanti was an ancient Indian Mahajanapada (Great Janapada), roughly corresponding to the present-day Malwa region. According to the Buddhist texts , the Anguttara Nikaya , Avanti was one of the solasa mahajanapadas (sixteen great realms) of the 6th century BCE.