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Agency of India from 1944 to 1947 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency was an agency of the Indian Empire, managing the relations of the Provincial Government of the Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states.[1][2]
Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency | |||||||||||||||
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Agency of India | |||||||||||||||
1944–1947 | |||||||||||||||
![]() Map of the area of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency | |||||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||||
• 1931 | 58,825 km2 (22,712 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1931 | 8,980,811 | ||||||||||||||
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1944 | |||||||||||||||
1947 | |||||||||||||||
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"A collection of treaties, engagements, and sunnuds relating to India and neighbouring countries" |
The political agent in charge of the agency resided at Baroda (Vadodara).
In 1937 the princely states of the Baroda Agency were merged with those of the agencies adjacent to the northern part of the Bombay Presidency, Rewa Kantha Agency, Surat Agency, Nasik Agency, Kaira Agency and Thana Agency, in order to form the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.[3] On 5 November 1944 the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency was merged with the Western India States Agency (WISA) to form the larger Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency.[citation needed]
After the Independence of India in 1947, as India and Pakistan, the rulers of the princely states of the agency signed the Instrument of Accession and joined India. Only a few princely states such as Junagadh and (Bantva) Manavadar lingering over joining Pakistan.[4] Finally following the accession to India the territories managed by the agency were integrated into the following newly created states:
On 1 November 1956, Bombay State was re-organized under the States Reorganisation Act, absorbing various territories including the Saurashtra and Kutch States, which ceased to exist. Bombay State was split along linguistic lines in 1960, and some princely states which had formerly belonged to this agency became part of Gujarat and others of Maharashtra.[citation needed]
The number of separate princely states was above 250, but most were minor or petty states, some not even included here. Some of them had been integrated after 1940 during the 'attachment scheme' right before the creation of the agency; the largest one was Baroda State, which merged with Bombay State in 1949.[8]
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The agency included as well a large number of estates belonging to Kolis and/or Rajput, formerly feudatories of the Gaekwar Baroda; several of the states paid tribute to Baroda, and some, being classed as non-jurisdictional thalukdars, were under British administration.
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