Residencies of British IndiaThe Residencies of British India were political offices, each managed by a Resident, who dealt with the relations between the British Government of India and one (or a territorial set) of princely states. HistoryThe Residency system has its origins in the system of subsidiary alliances devised by the British after the Battle of Plassey in 1757, to secure Bengal from attack by deploying East India Company troops of the Bengal Army within friendly Native States.
Baroda StateToday part ofIndia∟Gujarat"A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Reports, Field Books, Memoirs, Maps ..." Vol. iv, "Containing the treaties, etc., relating to the states within the Bombay presidency"Baroda State was a kingdom within the Maratha Empire and later a princely state in present-day Gujarat. It was ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty from its formation in 1721 until its accession to the newly formed Dominion of India.
Baroda and Gujarat States AgencyBaroda and Gujarat States Agency was a political agency of British India, managing the relations of the British government of the Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. The political agent, who was also Collector of the British District of the Panchmahal, resided at Baroda (Vadodara).
Princely stateA princely state (also called native state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British Indian government, but rather by an indigenous ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British Crown.
Subsidiary allianceTributary alliance between an Indian princely state and an East India Company Lithograph of Joseph François Dupleix, who pioneered the system of subsidiary alliances. A subsidiary alliance, in South Asian history, was a tributary alliance between an Indian state and a European East India Company, most notably the British East India Company.
Rewa Kantha AgencyRewa 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 the hills of Malwa, from the Tapti River to the Mahi River crossing the Rewa (or Narmada) River, from which it takes its name.
Presidencies and provinces of British IndiaThe 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.
Surat AgencyThe Surat Agency was one of the agencies of British India in the Bombay Presidency.
SuzeraintyA suzerain (, from Old Frenchsus "above" + soverain "supreme, chief") is a person, state or polity who has supremacy and dominant influence over the foreign policy and economic relations of another subordinate party or polity, but allows internal autonomy to that subordinate. Where the subordinate polity is called a vassal, vassal state or tributary state, the dominant party is called the suzerain.
Second Anglo-Maratha WarSecond Anglo-Maratha War (from 1803 –1805) was a large conflict within the Maratha Empire involving the East India Company. It resulted in a major loss of territory for the Marathas, including regions around Delhi and in present-day Gujarat falling into direct Company rule.
Surgana StateToday part ofMaharashtra, IndiaSurgana 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 Pawar dynasty of koli. Surgana State's last ruler signed the instrument of accession to join India in March 1948. HistorySurgana State was founded before the 1800s by the Maratha Pawar family.
GaekwadGaikwad (also spelt Gaikwar and Gaikwad; Marathi: Gāyǎkǎvāḍǎ) is a clan of Marathas. It has also been adopted by other communities such as the Kunbi, Koli, Mali & Mahar castes.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.