BAGHELKHAND ( Non Gun Salute State )
The Bagelkhand
Agency was a British political unit which managed the relations of the
British with a number of autonomous princely states existing outside British India, namely Rewa and eleven minor states, of which the more important
were Maihar, Nagod —with its capital
at Uuchahara— and Sohawal.The Agency was established in March
1871 and was named after the Bagelkhand region. From 1871 to 1933 the Agency was under the
political supervision of the Governor-General
of India's Agent for
Central India, and under the direct supervision of a political Agent who was
also the appointed Resident to Rewa State, residing ordinarily at Satna or
Rewa. The total area was 14,323 Sq. Miles or 37,100 Sq.Km. and the
population of the state in 1901 was 1,555,024.
Bagelkhand or Baghelkhand is a region and
also a mountain range in central India that covers the
northeastern regions of Madhya Pradesh and a small
area of southeastern Uttar Pradesh (see map to the
right). It includes the Madhya Pradesh districts of Rewa, Satna, Shahdol, Sidhi, and Singrauli and Chitrakoot of Uttar Pradesh.
Bagelkhand is surrounded by the Indo-Gangetic plains in the north and east, Bundelkhand in the west and
the Vindhya range in the south.
The Baghels, who give their name to the region, are a branch of
the Solanki who once ruled in Gujarat and migrated
eastward in the 13th century. Vyaghra Dev was the first Solanki ruler who came
to this area from Gujarat and established his rule. Bagh is
derived from Vyaghra, which is Sanskrit for
"tiger". The descendants of Vyaghra Dev are known as Baghels. Bagelkhand Agency derived its
name from the region.
BAGHELKHAND AGENCY AREA ON MAP
Court fee Stamps :--
Type 5 - used in 1945-47, size 75x37mm., Imperf. , Wove paper ,
BSG Monogram in left panel box represents Baghelkhand States Group
REVENUE STAMP
Type 10 - used in 1942-45, size 17 x 22 mm., perf. 10 ¼
, Wove paper
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