Deccan States Agency
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 | ||||||||
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| Government | Indirect imperial rule over a group of hereditary monarchies | ||||||||
| Agent to the Governor-General | |||||||||
• 1933 (first) | J.C. Tate | ||||||||
| Historical era | Independence of India | 1947 | |||||||
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The Deccan States Agency, also known as the Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency, was a
(feudal 'vassal' estates) in western India.History
The agency was created 1933 with the merger of the
Kolaba Agency
.
It was composed of a number of princely states and jagirs in Western India, located in the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka, six of which were Salute states. 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
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]
Princely (e)states
States of the former Kolhapur Agency
Salute states, by precedence :
- Kolhapur, title Maharaja; Hereditary 19-guns salute
- Janjira, title Nawab; Hereditary 11-guns (13-guns local):
- Sangli, title Raja; Hereditary 9-guns (11-guns personal)
- Mudhol, title Raja; Hereditary 9-guns
Non-salute states, alphabetically :
- Akalkot, title Raja
- Aundh, title Pant Pratinidhi
- Jamkhandi, title Raja
- Kurundwad Junior, title Rao
- Kurundwad Senior, title Rao
- Miraj Junior, title Rao
- Miraj Senior, title Rao
- Phaltan, title Naik
- Ramdurg, title Raja
Jagirs of the former Kolhapur Agency
- Bavda estate
- Gajendragad (Gajendragarh)
- ? Nesri
- ? Himmat Bahadur
- Ichalkaranji estate
- Kagal Junior
- Kagal Senior
- Kapshi estate
- Latur estate
- Sar Lashkar Khardekar
- Torgal Jagir
- Vishalgad estate
States of the other former colonial agencies
Former
Bijapur Agency
, both non-salute :
- Daphlapur (Daflepur), title Deshmukh (1917 incorporated in Jath, below)
- Jath (Joth), title Raja (till 1936 Deshmukh)
Former
Kolaba Agency
:
- Sawantwadi (Savantwadi), title title Raja Bahadur; Hereditary salute of 9-guns (11-guns local)
Former
Dharwar Agency
: non-salute :
- Savanur, title Nawab
Former
Poona Agency
:
- Bhor, title Raja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns
See also
References
- ^ "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency"
- ISBN 9788170999683.
- India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy. HarperCollins, 2007