Deccan States Agency | |||||||||
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| 1933–1947 | |||||||||
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 The Deccan States Agency in the Indian Empire in 1942 | |||||||||
| Capital | Kolhapur | ||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||
| States under AGG for Deccan States | |||||||||
| Government | Indirect imperial rule over a group ofhereditary monarchies | ||||||||
| Agent to the Governor-General | |||||||||
• 1933 (first) | J.C. Tate | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period • World War II | ||||||||
• Merger of Kolhapur Agency and four smaller agencies | 1933 | ||||||||
• Merger into Bombay followingIndependence of India | 1947 | ||||||||
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TheDeccan States Agency, also known as theDeccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency, was apolitical agency ofIndia, managing the relations of theGovernment of India with a collection ofprincely states[1] andjagirs (feudal 'vassal' estates) in western India.
The agency was created 1933 with the merger of theKolhapur Agency (Kolhapur Residency),Poona Agency,Bijapur Agency,Dharwar Agency andKolaba Agency.
It was composed of a number of princely states and jagirs in Western India, located in the present-day Indian states ofMaharashtra andKarnataka, six of which wereSalute states. The princely states included in the agency were under the suzerainty, but not the control, of the British authorities of theBombay Presidency.
After Indian Independence in 1947, the states all acceded to theDominion of India, and were integrated into the Indian state ofBombay.[2] In 1956 theKannada language speaking southern portion of Bombay state, which included the former states of theSouthern Maratha Country, was transferred toMysore State (later renamedKarnataka). Bombay State was divided into the new states ofMaharashtra andGujarat in 1960.[3]
Salute states, by precedence :
Non-salute states, alphabetically :
FormerBijapur Agency, both non-salute :
FormerKolaba Agency:
FormerDharwar Agency : non-salute :
FormerPoona Agency :
