Surat Agency


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. Around 1900 the Dangs were incorporated and in 1933 it was abolished and became part of 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.

States

The agency included three 9-gun salute princely states and the Dangs.

Salute States

The Dangs were a group of small states in what is now the Dang district of Gujarat State.
StatePopulation ;Revenue Ruler's title. Notes
Dang Pimpri3,63106388 km²
Dang Wadhwan0,253147ca. 12 km². Not to be confused with Wadhwan State whose capital was Wadhwan.
Dang Ketak Kadupada0,218155
Dang Amala5,32885; 1891: 5300Raja. 307 km²
Dang Chinchli1,67; 1891: ca. 1,4601ca. 70 km²
Dang Pimpladevi0,134120ca. 10 km²
Dang Palasbishar 0,223230ca. 5 km²
Dang Aucharca. 500201< 21 km²
Dang Derbhauti4,891; 1891: ca. 53649Raja. 196 km²
Dang Gadhavi 6,3095125Raja.
Dang Shivbara0,346422ca. 12 km²
Dang Kirli 0,16751231 km²
Dang Wasurna6,1772275
Dang Dhude 1,45; 1891: 141885< 5 km²
Dang Surgana1411469
Machhali1.1;474535