The Deccan States Agency, also known as the Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency, was a political agency of

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

, managing the relations of the British government of the

Bombay Presidency The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainl ...

with a collection of

princely states A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...

and

jagir A jagir ( fa, , translit=Jāgir), also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar (Zamindar) system. It developed during the Islamic rule era of the Indian subcontinent, starti ...

s (feudal 'vassal' estates) in western India.

History

The agency was created 1933 with the merger of the Kolhapur Agency (Kolhapur Residency), Poona Agency, Bijapur Agency, Dharwar Agency and Kolaba Agency. It was composed of a number of princely states and jagirs in Western India, located in the present-day Indian states of

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdi ...

and

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO 15919, ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reor ...

, six of which were

Salute state A salute state was a princely state under the British Raj that had been granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocolary privilege for its ruler to be greeted—originally by Royal Navy ships, later also ...

s. The princely states included in the agency were under the suzerainty, but not the control, of the British authorities of the

. After Indian Independence in 1947, the states all acceded to the

Dominion of India The Dominion of India, officially the Union of India,* Quote: “The first collective use (of the word "dominion") occurred at the Colonial Conference (April to May 1907) when the title was conferred upon Canada and Australia. New Zealand and N ...

, and were integrated into the Indian state of

Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

. In 1956 the

Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native ...

speaking southern portion of Bombay state, which included the former states of the

Southern Maratha Country The Belagavi border dispute or Belgaon border dispute is a dispute between the Indian states of Karnataka and Maharashtra over which state Belagavi rightfully should be part of. Belagavi is now a district in Karnataka, but in British India, w ...

, was transferred to

Mysore State Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a state within the Dominion of India and the later India, Republic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore, and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's c ...

(later renamed

). Bombay State was divided into the new states of

and

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

in 1960.

Ramachandra Guha Ramachandra "Ram" Guha (born 29 April 1958) is an Indian historian, environmentalist, writer and public intellectual whose research interests include social history, social, political history, political, contemporary history, contemporary, Envir ...

, '' India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy.'' HarperCollins, 2007

Princely (e)states

States of the former Kolhapur Agency

Salute states, by precedence : *

Kolhapur Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'. Kolhapur is ...

, title Maharaja; Hereditary 19-guns salute * Janjira, title Nawab; Hereditary 11-guns (13-guns local): *

Sangli Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks ...

, title Raja; Hereditary 9-guns (11-guns personal) *

Mudhol Mudhol is a city previously known as "'Muduvolalu"' in the Bagalkote District in the northern part of the South Indian state of Karnataka. It is about from the district headquarters of Bagalkot and from subdivision of Jamakhandi. It is famous ...

, title Raja; Hereditary 9-guns Non-salute states, alphabetically : * Akalkot, title Raja *

Aundh Aundh may refer to * Aundh State, a princely state in British India ** Aundh Experiment, an early test of village-level self-government in British India * Aundh, Satara The town of Aundh is situated 26 mi. S.E. of Satara. Population (in 2 ...

, title Pant Pratinidhi *

Jamkhandi Jamakhandi is a city in Bagalkot district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It was the capital of the former princely state of Jamkhandi. It is located 90 km towards west from District headquarter. It is the first princely state to me ...

, title Raja * Kurundwad Junior, title Rao *

Kurundwad Senior Kurundvad Senior, also spelt as 'Kurundwad', was one of two Maratha princely states during the British Raj: ' Kurundvad Junior' and Kurundvad Senior. The two states separated in 1854 and less than a century later, on 8 March 1948, both states ac ...

, title Rao * Miraj Junior, title Rao * Miraj Senior, title Rao * Nimsod State, title Raja *

Phaltan Phaltan () is a town, a tehsil, and a municipal council in the Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The town is about northeast of the city of Satara and about 110 km from Pune. History Phaltan was one of the non-salu ...

, title Naik *

Ramdurg Ramdurg is a town in Belagavi district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The name of the town derives from Rama, as it is believed that Lord Ram, lived here during his exile. The town gives its name to Ramdurg taluka, a subdivision of Belgaum ...

, title Raja

Jagir A jagir ( fa, , translit=Jāgir), also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar (Zamindar) system. It developed during the Islamic rule era of the Indian subcontinent, starti ...
s of the former Kolhapur Agency

* Bavda estate *

Gajendragad Gajendragad (also called Gajendragada) is a town and a sub-district place in Gadag District, Karnataka, India. This place is known for its hill station and hill strip. Highest populated city after Gadag in the district. It is about 55 kilo ...

(Gajendragarh) *? Nesri *? Himmat Bahadur * Ichalkaranji estate * Kagal Junior * Kagal Senior * Kapshi estate * Latur estate * Sar Lashkar Khardekar * Torgal Jagir * Vishalgad estate

States of the other former colonial agencies

Former Bijapur Agency, both non-salute : * Daphlapur (Daflepur), title Deshmukh (1917 incorporated in Jath, below) * Jath (Joth), title Raja (till 1936 Deshmukh) Former Kolaba Agency: * Sawantwadi (Savantwadi), title title Raja Bahadur; Hereditary salute of 9-guns (11-guns local) Former Dharwar Agency : non-salute : *

Savanur Savanuru is a locality and taluk headquarters of Savanuru Taluk in Haveri District of Karnataka state, India. History Savanuru was one of the princely states of British India, under the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agen ...

, title Nawab Former Poona Agency : * Bhor, title Raja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns

References

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