The headquarters of the political agent was at Neemuch (Nimach).

[1] The other chief towns of the region were : Ratlam and Jaora.

[2] The Malwa Agency was formed in 1895 out of princely states in the Northern Malwa region formerly under the authority of the British agent for Indore and the abolition of the Western Malwa Agency which had been a sub-agency of the Central India Agency since 1854.

After Indian independence in 1947, the rulers of these states acceded to the Government of India and were amalgamated into the new Indian state of Madhya Bharat.

The agency included : Salute states, by precedence :