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MALWA , an historic See also:province of See also:India, which has given its name to one of the See also:political agencies into which Central India is divided. Strictly, the name is confined to the hilly table-See also:land, bounded S. by the Vindhyan range, which drains N. into the See also:river See also:Chambal; but it has been extended to include the See also:Nerbudda valley farther See also:south. Its derivation is from the See also:ancient tribe of Malavas about whom very little is known, except that they founded the Vikrama Samvat, an era dating from 57 B.C., which is popularly associated with a mythical See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king See also:Vikramaditya. The earliest name of the See also:tract seems to have been Avanti, from its See also:capital the See also:modern See also:Ujjain. The position of the Malwa or Moholo mentioned by Hsuan Tsang (7th See also:century) is plausibly assigned to See also:Gujarat. The first records of a See also:local See also:dynasty are those of the Paramaras, a famous See also:Rajput See also:clan, who ruled for about four centuries(800-1200), with their capital at Ujjain and after-wards at See also:Dhar. The Mahommedans invaded Malwa in 1235; and in 1401 Dilawar See also:Khan Ghori founded an See also:independent See also:kingdom, which lasted till 1531. The greatest ruler of this dynasty was Hoshang Shah (1405-1435), who made See also:Mandu (q.v.) his capital and embellished it with magnificent buildings. In 1562 Malwa was annexed to the See also:Mogul See also:empire by See also:Akbar. On the break-up of that empire, Malwa was one of the first provinces to be conquered by the See also:Mahrattas. About 1743 the Mahratta See also:peshwa obtained from See also:Delhi the See also:title of See also:governor, and deputed his authority to three of his generals—Sindhia of See also:Gwalior, See also:Holkar of See also:Indore, and the Ponwar of Dhar who claims descent from the ancient Paramaras. At the end of the 18th century Malwa became a See also:cockpit for fighting between the See also:rival Mahratta See also:powers, and the headquarters of the See also:Pindaris or irregular plunderers. The Pindaris were extirpated by the See also:campaign of See also:Lord See also:Hastings in 1817, . and the See also:country was reduced to See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order by the energetic See also:rule of See also:Sir See also:John See also:Malcolm. Malwa is traditionally the land of plenty, in which sufferers from See also:famine in the neighbouring tracts always take See also:refuge. But in 1899-1900 it was itself visited by a severe drought, which seriously diminished the See also:population, and has since been followed by See also:plague. The most valuable product is See also:opium.
The Malwa agency has an See also:area of 8919 sq. m. with a population (1901) of 1,054,753. It comprises the states of See also:Dewas (See also:senior and junior See also:branch), See also:Jaora, See also:Ratlam, Sitamau and Sailana, together with a large portion of Gwalior, parts of Indore and See also:Tonk, and about 35 See also:petty estates and holdings. The headquarters of the political See also:agent are at Nimach.
Malwa is also the name of a large tract in the See also:Punjab, south of the river See also:Sutlej, which is one of the two See also:chief homes of the Sikhs, the other being known as Manjha. It includes the See also:British districts of Ferozpore and See also:Ludhiana, together with the native states of See also:Patiala, See also:Jind, See also:Nabha and Maler Kotla.
See J. Malcolm, Central India (1823) ; C. E. Luard, Bibliography of Central India (1908), and The Paramars of Dhar and Malwa (1908).
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