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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 12, p. 416.

416 GWALIOR RESIDENCY officer commanding the Central India Horse at Guna. This arrange- ment was abolished in 1896, when these States were again placed under the Resident, the officer commanding at Guna continuing to act as ex-officio Assistant to the Resident, with, however, very limited powers. In 1888 the Khaniadhana State was transferred from the Bundelkhand Agency to the Resident at Gwalior; and in 1895 the Gwalior State districts of Bhilsa and Isagarh were transferred from the Bhopal Agency to this charge. The Resident, as the officer accredited to the Gwalior Darbar, is also in all matters of general policy the channel of communication between the Darbar and other Political officers, such as the Agents in Malwa and Bhopawar, within whose charges isolated portions of the Gwalior State are situated. He exercises a close supervision over the minor holdings of the charge, all criminal cases of any importance in which are either dealt with by him personally or submitted for his sanction and approval. He also has the powers of a District and Sessions judge for portions of the Midland and Bina-Baran sections of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway which pass through the States of Gwalior, Datia, Samthar, Khaniadhana, and the Chhabra pargana. The head-quarters of the Political officer are situated in the area known as ` The Residency,' a piece of land measuring 1-17 square miles situated close to Morar, about four miles to the east of Gwalior fort. This area is administered by the Resident, and includes three villages, the revenues from which are devoted to the upkeep of the Residency limits. In 1901 the population of the Residency was 1,391. The Great Indian Peninsula and Gwalior. Light Railways and the Agra-Bombay and Bhind-Jhansi high roads traverse the charge. . The table on the next page shows the States, portions of States, and minor holdings under the Residency. Gwalior State.=The largest treaty State in the Central India Agency, under the political supervision of a Resident at Gwalior. The State has a total area of 25,041 square miles, and is composed of several detached portions, but may be roughly divided into two, the' Gwalior or northern, and the Malwa section. The northern section consists of a compact block of territory, lying between 22° 10′ and 26° 52′ N. and 74° 38′ and 79° 8′ E., with an area of 17,020 square miles. It is bounded on the north, north-east, and north-west by the Chambal river, which separates it from the Agra and Etawah Districts of the United Provinces, and from the Native States of Dholpur, Karauli, and Jaipur in the Rajputana Agency; on the east by the British Districts of Jalaun and Jhansi in the United Provinces, and by Saugor in the Central Provinces; on the south by the States of Bhopal, Khilchipur, and Rajgarh, and by the Sironj pargana of Tonk ; and on the west by the States of Jhalawar, Tonk, and Kotah in the Rajputana