Rajputana Agency
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The Rajputana Agency was a political office of the British Indian Empire dealing with a collection of native states in Rajputana (now in Rajasthan, northwestern India), under the political charge of an Agent reporting directly to the Governor-General of India and residing at Mount Abu in the Aravalli Range. The total area of the states falling within the Rajputana Agency was 127,541 square miles (330,330 km2), with eighteen states and two estates or chiefships.
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Rajputana Agency | |
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1832–1948 | |
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Capital | Ajmer (1832–1845) Mount Abu (1845–1947) |
States under AGG for Rajputana | |
Government | Indirect imperial rule over a group of hereditary monarchies |
Agent to the Governor-General | |
• 1832–1836 (first) | Abraham Locket |
Historical era | New Imperialism |
• First agreements with local princely rulers | 1817 |
• Rajputana Agency established in Ajmer | 1832 |
• Headquarters shifted to Mount Abu | 1845 |
1948 | |
Area | |
1901 | 330,875 km2 (127,752 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 1901 | 9,723,301 |
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