Indore
Princely state capital, 1818–1947
इंदौरइन्दौर
Today Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Same place, same name.
Key facts
- Historical name
- Indore
- Type
- Princely state capital
- Coordinates
- 22.7186° N, 75.8550° E(seed dataset)
- Governance
- Administered through an Agency
- Record confidence
- High confidence
- Identifiers
- Q66616
Administered through a British Agency covering a group of states. Not part of British India in the statutory sense.
Location
Pin placed at the coordinates recorded for this place. Colonial-era boundaries are not drawn.
Description
Capital of Holkar's Indore State; the Imperial Gazetteer lists Indore City first among the state's towns, excluding the British cantonment of Mhow and the Indore civil station.
Historical notes
Seat of the Agent to the Governor-General for Central India, whose residency and civil station lay outside Holkar jurisdiction; a major cotton-market and mill town.
Administrative history
Administrative parenthood changed over time. Each row states the years it is recorded for, and the source it comes from.
| Years | Relation | Unit | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| from 1901 | Part of | Central India AgencyAgency · Administered through an AgencySnapshot from the 1901 census and the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31). End of the relationship not established; recorded as open rather than inferred. | High confidencesource |
| from 1901 | Part of | Indore (Holkar)Princely state · Princely stateSnapshot from the 1901 census and the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31). End of the relationship not established; recorded as open rather than inferred. | High confidencesource |
| from 1901 | Capital of | Indore (Holkar)Princely state · Princely stateSnapshot from the 1901 census and the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31). End of the relationship not established; recorded as open rather than inferred. | High confidencesource |
Recorded names
Every documented spelling and transliteration held for this place. The historical name is canonical; modern names redirect to it.
| Name | Script | Type | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indore | Latin | Historical English | — |
| Ahilyanagari | Latin | Alternative spelling | — |
| Indore City | Latin | Alternative spelling | — |
| Indrapuri | Latin | Alternative spelling | — |
| इंदौर | Devanagari | Indigenous | — |
| इन्दौर | Devanagari | Indigenous | — |
Records and references
- Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31), Vol. XIII (13), p. 340
- Census of India
- Census of India, 1901, Vol. XIX (19): Central India
Sources
- Encyclopedia· generalCC BY-SA
Wikipedia: Indore, Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0
Retrieved 2026-08-29
- Database· identityCC0
Wikidata (Q66616), Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata, CC0 1.0
Retrieved 2026-08-29
- Gazetteer· administrativeLicence unverified
Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago — the 1908–31 text is public domain, but DSAL's digital presentation states no licence; link-out only
Retrieved 2026-08-29
- Archive· descriptionPublic domain
Internet Archive scan: india.history.resource.92531, Internet Archive
Scanned volume of a pre-1929 publication (Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908–31 / Census of India 1901); public domain. Digitisation courtesy of the Internet Archive.
Retrieved 2026-08-29
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