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1880–1933
  

1901
  
5,076 km (1,960 sq mi)

Date dissolved
  
1933

Abolition of the Khandesh Agency
  
1880

1901
  
179,975

Surat Agency

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

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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. Around 1900 the Dangs were incorporated and in 1933 it was abolished and became the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.

Finally in 1944, towards the end of the British Raj, the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency was 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.

States

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

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.

    References

    Surat Agency Wikipedia