Surat Agency

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Surat Agency
सूरत
સુરત
سورت
Agency of British India
1880–1933
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Surat Agency in Gujarat during British India 1880-1933.svg
Surat Agency within Gujarat
Area 
 1901
5,076 km2 (1,960 sq mi)
Population 
 1901
179,975
History 
 Abolition of the Khandesh Agency
1880
 Formation of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency
1933
Preceded by
Succeeded by
British Raj Red Ensign.svg Khandesh
Baroda and Gujarat States Agency British Raj Red Ensign.svg
Surat Agency with all princely states with labels British India 1880-1933 Surat Agency with all princely states with labels British India 1880-1933.svg
Surat Agency with all princely states with labels British India 1880-1933
Bansda and Dharampur, 1896 Bansda and Dharampur, 1896.jpg
Bansda and Dharampur, 1896

The Surat Agency was one of the agencies of British India in the Bombay Presidency. [1]

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History

This agency was formed in the 19th century as the Khandesh Agency, after the region of Khandesh, becoming the Surat Agency in 1880. [2] Around 1900, the Dangs were incorporated, and in 1933, it was abolished and became part of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.

In 1944, towards the end of the British Raj, the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency was ultimately merged with the Western India States Agency to form the larger Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency.

The headquarters of the Surat Agency were at Surat, where the Political Agent who reported to the Political Department office in Bombay, used to reside. [3]

States

The agency included three 9-gun salute princely states and the Dangs. [1]

Salute States

The Dangs

The Dangs were a group of small states in what is now the Dang district of Gujarat State.

StatePopulation [4] Revenue (1881, Rs.)Ruler's title. Notes
Pimpri State 3,6003106388 km2
Vadhyawan State 253147approx. 12 km2. Not to be confused with Wadhwan State, whose capital was Wadhwan.
Dang Ketak Kadupada 218155
Amala State 5,3002885; 1891: 5300Raja. 307 km2
Chinchli Gaded State 1,670; 1891: approx. 1,400601approx. 70 km2
Pimpladevi State 134120approx. 10 km2
Palasvihir State 223230approx. 5 km2
Avchar State approx. 500201< 21 km2
Derbhavti State 4,891; 1891: approx. 5,0003649Raja. 196 km2
Gadvi State (= Gadhi)6,3095125Raja.
Shivbara State 346422approx. 12 km2
Kirli State (= Kirali)16751231 km2
Vasurna State 6,1772275
Bilbari State 2785< 5 km2
Jhari Gharkhadi State 50721.16 km2
Dang Surgana 14,00011,469
Machhali 1,100474535

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Surat"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 117.
  2. The Indian Year Book, Volume 11 by Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1924
  3. William Lee-Warner, The Native States Of India. (1910)
  4. Hunter, W. W.; Imperial Gazetteer of India; London ²1885, Vol. IV, S 115-6

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