Western India States Agency
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The Western India States Agency (WISA) was one of the agencies
of the princely states of British India. This agency was formed on October 10, 1924 as a part of the implementation of the Montague Chelmsford report on constitutional reforms. It was formed by merging the areas under the erstwhile Kathiawar
, Kutch and Palanpur
Agencies. The city of Rajkot became the headquarters of this new agency and C.C. Watson became its first political agent to the Governor General of British India. Its boundary was modified twice, in 1933 and 1943. On November 5, 1944 it was merged with the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency to form a larger Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency.
At one time or another between 1924 and 1944, 435 princely states were included in this agency but only eighteen out of these were salute states. In 1933, Nawanagar state was included in this agency and Palanpur state was transferred to the Rajputana Agency. In 1941, the area covered by this agency was 39688 square miles (102,791.4 km²) and the population was 52,20,011.
Agencies of British India
An agency was an administrative unit of India managing the relations of British India with the sub-continent's princely states.At one time, the list consisted of:* Alwar Agency *Baghelkhand Agency March 1871 / 1933...
of the princely states of British India. This agency was formed on October 10, 1924 as a part of the implementation of the Montague Chelmsford report on constitutional reforms. It was formed by merging the areas under the erstwhile Kathiawar
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. Soon after India's independence in 1947, all but one of them acceded to the new...
, Kutch and Palanpur
Palanpur Agency
Palanpur Agency was a former collection of native states in what is now northern Gujarat, India.Established in 1819, the Agency was under the political control of the Bombay Presidency until 10 October 1924, from which date it was merged into the Western India States Agency and placed under the...
Agencies. The city of Rajkot became the headquarters of this new agency and C.C. Watson became its first political agent to the Governor General of British India. Its boundary was modified twice, in 1933 and 1943. On November 5, 1944 it was merged with the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency to form a larger Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency.
At one time or another between 1924 and 1944, 435 princely states were included in this agency but only eighteen out of these were salute states. In 1933, Nawanagar state was included in this agency and Palanpur state was transferred to the Rajputana Agency. In 1941, the area covered by this agency was 39688 square miles (102,791.4 km²) and the population was 52,20,011.