The Surat Agency was one of the agencies of British India in the Bombay Presidency.
History This agency was formed in the 19th century as the Khandesh Agency, after the region of Khandesh, becoming the Surat Agency in 1880.The Indian Year Book, Volume 11 by Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1924 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.William Lee-Warner, The Native States Of India. (1910)
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. StatePopulationHunter, W. W.; Imperial Gazetteer of India; London ²1885, Vol. IV, S 115-6Revenue (1881, Rs.)Ruler's title. NotesPimpri State3,6003106388 km2Vadhyawan State253147approx. 12 km2. Not to be confused with Wadhwan State, whose capital was Wadhwan.Dang Ketak Kadupada218155Amala State 5,3002885; 1891: 5300Raja. 307 km2Chinchli Gaded State1,670; 1891: approx. 1,400601approx. 70 km2Pimpladevi State134120approx. 10 km2Palasvihir State 223230approx. 5 km2Avchar Stateapprox. 500201< 21 km2Derbhavti State4,891; 1891: approx. 5,0003649Raja. 196 km2Gadvi State (= Gadhi)6,3095125Raja.Shivbara State346422approx. 12 km2Kirli State (= Kirali)16751231 km2Vasurna State6,1772275Bilbari State 2785< 5 km2Jhari Gharkhadi State507 21.16 km2Dang Surgana14,00011,469Machhali1,100474535
See also Western India States Agency
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