Surat Agency

Surat Agency
सूरत
સુરત
سورت
Agency of British India
1880–1933
Flag of Surat Agency
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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
Khandesh
Baroda and Gujarat States Agency
Surat Agency with all princely states with labels British India 1880-1933
Bansda and Dharampur, 1896
Princely state
Individual residencies
Agencies
Lists

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

The Dangs

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

State Population[4] Revenue (1881, Rs.) Ruler's title. Notes
Dang Pimpri 3,600 3106 388 km2
Dang Wadhwan 253 147 approx. 12 km2. Not to be confused with Wadhwan State, whose capital was Wadhwan.
Dang Ketak Kadupada 218 155
Dang Amala 5,300 2885; 1891: 5300 Raja. 307 km2
Dang Chinchli 1,670; 1891: approx. 1,400 601 approx. 70 km2
Dang Pimpladevi 134 120 approx. 10 km2
Dang Palasbishar (= Palasvihir) 223 230 approx. 5 km2
Dang Auchar approx. 500 201 < 21 km2
Dang Derbhauti 4,891; 1891: approx. 5,000 3649 Raja. 196 km2
Dang Gadhavi (= Gadhi) 6,309 5125 Raja.
Dang Shivbara 346 422 approx. 12 km2
Dang Kirli (= Kirali) 167 512 31 km2
Dang Wasurna 6,177 2275
Dang Dhude (= Bilbari) 1,450; 1891: 1,418 85 < 5 km2
Dang Surgana 14,000 11,469
Machhali 1,100 4745 35

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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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