Deccan States Agency

Deccan States Agency
डेक्कन स्टेट्स एजन्सी
Agency of British India
←
1933–1947 →
Southern section of the Bombay Presidency
History
 • Merger of Kolhapur Agency and other smaller agencies 1933
 • Independence of India 1947
"A collection of treaties, engagements, and sunnuds relating to India and neighbouring countries"

The Deccan States Agency (Marathi: डेक्कन स्टेट्स एजन्सी), also known as the Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency, was a political agency of British India, managing the relations of the British government of the Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states.[1]

History

The agency was created 1933 with the merger of the Kolhapur Agency (Kolhapur Residency), Poona Agency, Bijapur Agency, Dharwar Agency, and Kolaba Agency.

It was composed of a number of princely states in Western India, located in the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. The princely states included in the agency were under the suzerainty, but not the control, of the British authorities of the Bombay Presidency.

After Indian Independence in 1947, the states all acceded to the Dominion of India, and were integrated into the Indian state of Bombay.[2] In 1956 the Kannada language speaking southern portion of Bombay state, which included the former states of the Southern Maratha Country, was transferred to Mysore State (later renamed Karnataka). Bombay State was divided into the new states of Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960.[3]

States and Jagirs

Former Kolhapur Agency:

Former Bijapur Agency:

Former Kolaba Agency:

Former Dharwar Agency:

Former Poona Agency:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency"
  2. ↑ Political and administrative integration of princely states By S. N. Sadasivan.
  3. ↑ Ramachandra Guha, India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy. HarperCollins, 2007

Coordinates: 16°41′N 74°14′E / 16.683°N 74.233°E / 16.683; 74.233

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