Institution

Kathiawar Agency

Also known as British Kathiawar Agency

The Kathiawar Agency was the British political agency, based at Rajkot, that supervised the more than two hundred princely states and chiefships of the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat, from great states such as Junagadh and Bhavnagar to tiny talukas. It settled disputes and tribute owed to Baroda and the British. In 1924 it was absorbed into the Western India States Agency.

Kathiawar Agency
Image: John George Bartholomew · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 33 state histories

Lathi StateMuli StateDasada StateVirpur StateThanadevli StateVadia StateLakhtar StateKotda Sangani StateKotda Pitha StateKathrota StateDedan StateBajana Stateand 21 more

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kathiawar Agency. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kathiawar-agency
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“Kathiawar Agency.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kathiawar-agency. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Kathiawar Agency.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kathiawar-agency.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Kathiawar Agency’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kathiawar-agency (Accessed: ).

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