Kathiawar Agency
E22537
Kathiawar Agency was a British Indian administrative unit that oversaw a group of princely states on the Kathiawar (Saurashtra) peninsula in western India.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kathiawar Agency canonical | 20 |
| Kathiawar Agency (British India) | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152316 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Kathiawar Agency Context triple: [Porbandar State, partOf, Kathiawar Agency]
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A.
Kathiawar Peninsula
Kathiawar Peninsula is a large, historically significant peninsula in western India, forming part of present-day Gujarat and projecting into the Arabian Sea.
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B.
Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan is a mountainous, strategically important region in northern Pakistan, known for its high peaks, including K2, and its location at the crossroads of South and Central Asia.
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C.
Ajmer-Merwara
Ajmer-Merwara was a small British Indian province centered on the city of Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan, administered directly by the colonial government rather than through local princely rulers.
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D.
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) was a colonial-era administrative region on the western frontier of British India, encompassing much of what is now southwestern Pakistan.
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E.
Chagai, Balochistan
Chagai, Balochistan is a remote mountainous district in western Pakistan, internationally known as the location where Pakistan conducted its first public nuclear tests in 1998.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kathiawar Agency Target entity description: Kathiawar Agency was a British Indian administrative unit that oversaw a group of princely states on the Kathiawar (Saurashtra) peninsula in western India.
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A.
Kathiawar Peninsula
Kathiawar Peninsula is a large, historically significant peninsula in western India, forming part of present-day Gujarat and projecting into the Arabian Sea.
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B.
Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan is a mountainous, strategically important region in northern Pakistan, known for its high peaks, including K2, and its location at the crossroads of South and Central Asia.
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C.
Ajmer-Merwara
Ajmer-Merwara was a small British Indian province centered on the city of Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan, administered directly by the colonial government rather than through local princely rulers.
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D.
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)
Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) was a colonial-era administrative region on the western frontier of British India, encompassing much of what is now southwestern Pakistan.
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E.
Chagai, Balochistan
Chagai, Balochistan is a remote mountainous district in western Pakistan, internationally known as the location where Pakistan conducted its first public nuclear tests in 1998.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Indian administrative unit
ⓘ
political agency ⓘ |
| administered |
non-salute states in Kathiawar
ⓘ
Indian princely states ⓘ
surface form:
princely states of Kathiawar
salute states in Kathiawar ⓘ |
| archivedIn | British colonial records ⓘ |
| borderedBy | Arabian Sea ⓘ |
| capital | Rajkot ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| dissolvedAfter | Indian independence ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
Colonial Office
ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial authorities
|
| existedDuring |
British India
ⓘ
surface form:
British Raj
|
| function |
maintenance of law and order through indirect rule
ⓘ
mediation between princely rulers and British Government ⓘ oversight of internal administration of states ⓘ political supervision of princely states ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | north of Mumbai (Bombay) ⓘ |
| governanceType | indirect rule through princely states ⓘ |
| hadLegalStatus | political agency under Bombay Presidency ⓘ |
| hadOfficialLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ |
| hadRulingAuthority | British Political Agent ⓘ |
| hadSubordinateUnits |
estate-level jurisdictions
ⓘ
princely states ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| historicalRegionNowIn |
Gujarat
ⓘ
surface form:
Gujarat, India
|
| historicalSuccessor |
India
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of India
|
| includedPolities |
numerous small princely states
ⓘ
salute and non-salute chiefs ⓘ |
| includedRegion | peninsula between Gulf of Kutch and Gulf of Khambhat ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kathiawar Peninsula
ⓘ
Saurashtra region of Gujarat ⓘ
surface form:
Saurashtra region
Western India ⓘ |
| partOf | Bombay Presidency ⓘ |
| purpose |
to coordinate relations with Kathiawar princely rulers
ⓘ
to implement British paramountcy in Kathiawar ⓘ |
| regionType | peninsular administrative region ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Western India States Agency
ⓘ
surface form:
Baroda Agency
Rewa Kantha Agency ⓘ Western India States Agency ⓘ |
| reorganizedInto |
Bombay State
ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
surface form:
Gujarat State
Saurashtra State ⓘ |
| seatOfAdministration | Rajkot ⓘ |
| sovereignty | under British Crown suzerainty ⓘ |
| supervisedBy |
Governor of Bombay
ⓘ
surface form:
Governor of Bombay Presidency
Political Department of the Government of India ⓘ |
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Subject: Kathiawar Agency Description of subject: Kathiawar Agency was a British Indian administrative unit that oversaw a group of princely states on the Kathiawar (Saurashtra) peninsula in western India.
Referenced by (24)
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