Surat Agency

Surat Agency with all princely states with labels British India 1880-1933

Bansda and Dharampur, 1896

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

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

• Sachin
• Bansda
• Dharampur

The Dangs

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

See also

• Western India States Agency

References

1. 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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