Baroda and Gujarat States Agency 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 ...

. The political agent, who was also Collector of the British District of the

Panchmahal Panchmahal, also known as Panch Mahals, is a district in the eastern portion of Gujarat State western India. ''Panch-mahal'' means "five tehsils/talukas" (5 sub-divisions), and refers to the five sub-divisions that were transferred by the Maharaj ...

, resided at

Baroda Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...

(Vadodara).

History

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In 1933, the great Gaekwar Baroda State and other 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 Rewa Kantha was a political agency of British India, managing the relations (indirect rule) of the British government's Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. It stretched for about 150 miles between the plain of Gujarat and ...

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.''The Indian Year B ...

Nasik Agency Surgana State was a princely state of the Bombay Presidency during the era of the British Raj. It was the only state belonging to the Nasik Agency. Its capital was Surgana in Nashik District of present-day Maharashtra. It was ruled by Kolis of ...

Kaira Agency Cambay, Kambay or Khambhat was a princely state in India during the British Raj. The City of Khambat (Cambay) in present-day Gujarat was its capital. The state was bounded in the north by the Kaira district and in the south by the Gulf of Cam ...

and

Thana Agency The Jawhar State was a princely state in India. As a princely state, it became a part of Bombay Presidency during the British Raj. It was the only state belonging to the Thana Agency. The last Koli Ruler of Jawhar at Indian independence w ...

, in order to form the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency. On 5 November 1944 the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency was merged with the

Western India States Agency The Western India States Agency (WISA) was one of the agencies of British India. This agency was formed on 10 October 1924 as a part of the implementation of the Montague Chelmsford report on constitutional reforms. It was formed by merging the ...

(WISA) to form a larger

Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency 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. The political agent in charge of the a ...

. At Indian Independence, this would merge into

Bombay State Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding Sou ...

, ending up at its split in present

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 ...

The Attachment Scheme

The process of the 'attachment scheme' began from 1940 onwards in order to integrate the smallest princely states, estates and ''thanas''. Baroda State was one of the main beneficiaries of this measure by being able to add about 15,000 km² and half a million inhabitants to the state. The merged states were

Pethapur Pethapur State was a small princely state belonging to the Mahi Kantha Agency of the Bombay Presidency during the era of the British Raj. It was centered on Pethapur village, in present-day Gandhinagar district of Gujarat State, a place reno ...

on 1 February 1940, the Katosan Thana, with

Deloli Deloli is a village in the Mahesana district of Gujarat, in western India. History Deloli was a petty princely state comprising only the village in Mahi Kantha Agency and ruled by Koli caste's chieftains. Deloli had a population of 800 in ...

, Kalsapura,

Maguna Maguna is a town in the Mehsana district of Gujarat in Western India. History Maguna was a Seventh Class taluka and princely state, also comprising four more villages, part of the Katosan '' thana'', in Mahi Kantha Agency and ruled by Makw ...

, Memadpura, Rampura, Ranipura, Tejpura,

Varsora Varsoda is a small village located in Mansa, Gujarat, on the bank of the Sabarmati River, formerly the seat of an eponymous Rajput princely state. It is approximately from Gandhinagar, the state capital of Gujarat. History Varsoda (or ...

, the Palaj Taluka and both Ijpura States between June and July 1940. These were followed on 10 July 1943 by the states of

Ambliara The Ambliara State, also spelt Ambaliyara was a princely state under Mahi Kantha Agency of the Bombay Presidency during the era of the British Raj in India. History According to the Gujarat State Gazetteers, the rulers were " Khant Kolis" b ...

Ghorasar Ghorasar is a town in the Ahmedabad district of Gujarat, India. History Ghorasar was a Fourth Class princely state and taluka, comprising fourteen more villages, covering sixteen square miles in Mahi Kantha Agency and ruled by Dabhi Koli c ...

, Ilol, Katosan, Khadal,

Patdi Patdi is a town and former princely state on the Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, western India. History Patdi used to be an estate in ''prant'' of Eastern Kathiawar. Ruling Desai Patel Shris * .... - .... Bha ...

, Punadra,

Ranasan Ranasan is a village located in Sabarkantha district in the state of Gujarat, India. The village is located at about 62 km from the state capital, Gandhinagar. Ranasan postal head office is Harsol . Demographics Gujarati is the Local ...

, Wasoda and Wao Also many small ''Talukas'' of the region were merged. On 24 July 1943 Sachodar State and a few small places that had no own jurisdiction were annexed. Finally, by December the small states of

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, Bhilka,

Malpur Malpur is a census town in Aravalli district in the Indian state of Gujarat. History Malpur State was an Indian princely state founded about the middle of the fifteenth century. Rawal Virajmal, son of Rao Kiratsinghji of Idar State, was succ ...

Mansa Mansa may refer to: Places In India * Mansa, Gujarat, a town in northern Gujarat, Western India; the capital of: ** Mansa, Gujarat Assembly constituency ** Mansa State, a princely state under the Mahi Kantha Agency in India * Mansa district, ...

and Vadia followed suit.

Princely states

The number of separate states was above 80, but most were minor or petty states. Many of them were under British protectorate or at least influence. By far the largest one was Baroda State, which received tribute from many small states. In

Kathiawar Kathiawar () is a peninsula, near the far north of India's west coast, of about bordering the Arabian Sea. It is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest and by the Gulf of Khambhat (Gulf of Cambay) in the east. In the northeast, it is ...

, only ten more ranked as

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. Jafrabad State had formerly been part of the Baroda Agency and was transferred later to the

Kathiawar Agency The Kathiawar Agency, on the Kathiawar peninsula in the western part of the Indian subcontinent, was a political unit of some 200 small princely states under the suzerainty of the Bombay Presidency of British India. The agency's headquarters wer ...

. The total area of the states the agency dealt with was . In 1931, their combined population was 3,760,800. Many of the inhabitants were."The Rewakantha directory"
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Former Baroda Agency

: * Baroda State, title Maharaja Gaekwar, Hereditary salute of 21-guns Non-salute states : * Ilol * Nahara *

Sihora Sihora is a town and a municipality in Jabalpur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Sihora is located at . The first cooperative society in madhya pradesh state was established in Sihora block of Jabalpur district in 1904. Sihora was ...

Jambughoda Jambughoda is a village and Tehsil in Panchmahal district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The village has a population of 2,731, while the overall tehsil has a population of 42,476. The Tehsil is well known for the Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary ...

* Palaj * Derdi * Noghavandar * Vajiria * Palasni * Agar * Mandwa *

Derol Derol or Dedol is a village in the Sabarkantha district of Gujarat, in western India. History Derol was a Sixth Class princely state, including a second village in Mahi Kantha. It had a combined population of 837 in 1901, yielding a state ...

* Vithalgadh *

Bhadli Bhadli is a village and former princely state on Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, western India. Village Bhadli lies in Jasdan Taluka of Rajkot district. It is situated on a tributary of the Ghelo river. History Bhadli was a Sixth Class n ...

* Gadhula *

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* Gad Boriad *

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* Rupal * Chotila * Bhilodia * Dadhalia * Charkha * Gabat

Former Rewa Kantha Agency

Salute states : * First Class :

Rajpipla Rajpipla is a town and a municipality in the Narmada district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It was the capital of the former Kingdom of Rajpipla. Geography Rajpipla is located at . It has an average elevation of 148 metres (485 fe ...

(Nandod), title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns * Second Class : ** Bari(y)a (Devgadh), title Maharaol, Hereditary salute of 9-guns (11 personal) **

Balasinor Balasinor, also known as Vadasinor, is a city located in the Mahisagar district of Gujarat, India. The city was formerly part of Balasinor State, a princely state ruled by the Babi dynasty, from September 1758 until its accession to India in J ...

, title Nawab, Hereditary salute of 9-guns ** Chhota Udaipur, title Raja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns ** Lunavada (Lunawada), title Maharana, Hereditary salute of 9-guns ** Sant (Sunth), title Maharana, Hereditary salute of 9-guns Non-salute states : ; Major Mehwas * Chhota Udehpur (Mohan), Second Class * Kadana, Third Class *

Sanjeli Sanjeli, (Hindi: संजेली)cotila or sometimes known as Sanjeda Mehvassi, is a Hindu former petty princely state, located in the present Gujarat state in western India. It is now also one of the tehsils of Dahod district. History It ...

, Third Class, title Thakur *

(Narukot), Third Class * Bhadarva (Bhadarwa), Third Class * Gad Boriad, Third Class (personal) / Fourth Class * Mandwa, Third Class (personal) / Fourth Class * Umet(h)a, Third (personal) / Fourth Class * Shanor, Fourth Class * Vajiria, Fourth Class * Vanmala, Fourth Class (personal) / Fifth Class * Nangam, Fifth Class *

, Fourth Class *

Pandu In the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata'', Pandu ( sa, पाण्डु, Pāṇḍu, pale) was a king of the Kuru Kingdom. He was the foster-father of the five Pandava brothers, who were the boons bestowed upon his wife Kunti by a number of deities ...

, Fifth Class ; minor Mehwas (petty (e)states), in two geographical divisions Sankheda : * Agar * Alwa * Bhilodia : ** Motisinghji, ** Chhatarsinghji * Bihora * Chorangla * Dudhpur * Chudesar * Jiral Kamsoli * Nalia * Naswadi * Palasni * Pantalavdi : ** Akbar Khan, ** Kesar Khan * Rampura *

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* Sindiapura * Uchad * Vadia (Virampura) * Vasan Sewada *

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* Vo(h)ra Pandu (incl. three Dorka estates) : * Amrapur *

Angadh Angadh was a ''Mehwal'' (petty princely state) under British India, spanning a part of what is now Vadodara district in Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country ...

* Chhaliar * Dhari * Dorka * Gotardi * Itwad *

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* Jumkha * Kalsa Pagi nu Muvadu * Kanoda * Litter Gothda * Mevli * Moka Pagi nu Muvadu * Moti Varnol * Nani Varnol * Poicha * Rayka (Raika) * Rajpur, * Vakhtapur * Varnolmal

Minor former Agencies

Former Surat Agency

Salute states : * Dharampur, title Raja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns (11 personal) * Sachin, title Nawab, Hereditary salute of 9-guns Non-salute state : * Bansda Other: * The Dangs

Former Kaira Agency

Salute state : *

Cambay Cambay, Kambay or Khambhat was a princely state in India during the British Raj. The City of Khambat (Cambay) in present-day Gujarat was its capital. The state was bounded in the north by the Kaira district and in the south by the Gulf of C ...

, title Nawab, Hereditary salute of 11-guns

Former Nasik Agency

* Non-salute state :

Surgana Surgana is a census town and taluka in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. History During the British Raj era, Surgana State was one of several princely state governed by the Pawar dynasty of kshatriya Kolis. It was the only st ...

Former Thana Agency