Kathiawar Agency
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Kathiawar Agency was a British Indian administrative unit that oversaw a group of princely states on the Kathiawar (Saurashtra) peninsula in western India.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Porbandar State
subject surface form:
Porbandar State