Surat Agency
| Surat Agency | |||||
| Agency of British India | |||||
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| History | |||||
| • | Abolition of the Khandesh Agency | 1880 | |||
| • | Formation of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency | 1933 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1901 | 5,076 km2(1,960 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1901 | 179,975 | |||
| Density | 35.5 /km2 (91.8 /sq mi) | ||||
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. |
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The Surat Agency was one of the agencies of British India in the Bombay Presidency.
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.
The agency included three 9-gun salute princely states and the Dangs.
The Dangs were a group of small states in what is now the Dang district of Gujarat State.
Coordinates: 21°11′N 72°50′E / 21.18°N 72.83°E
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