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3-640: The Deccan States Agency , also known as the Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency , was a political agency of India , managing the relations of the Government of India with a collection of princely states and jagirs (feudal 'vassal' estates) in western India. The agency was created 1933 with the merger of the Kolhapur Agency (Kolhapur Residency), Poona Agency , Bijapur Agency , Dharwar Agency and Kolaba Agency . It

6-925: The Indian state of Bombay . In 1956 the Kannada language speaking southern portion of Bombay state, which included the former states of the Southern Maratha Country , was transferred to Mysore State (later renamed Karnataka ). Bombay State was divided into the new states of Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960. Salute states, by precedence : Non-salute states, alphabetically : Former Bijapur Agency , both non-salute : Former Kolaba Agency : Former Dharwar Agency  : non-salute : Former Poona Agency  : 16°41′N 74°14′E  /  16.683°N 74.233°E  / 16.683; 74.233 Agencies of British India Too Many Requests If you report this error to

9-681: Was composed of a number of princely states and jagirs in Western India, located in the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka , six of which were Salute states . The princely states included in the agency were under the suzerainty, but not the control, of the British authorities of the Bombay Presidency . After Indian Independence in 1947, the states all acceded to the Dominion of India , and were integrated into

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