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Rajputana Agency

1832–1947 · 19th century

The Rajputana Agency was the British political office that supervised the princely states of Rajputana in north-western India, under an agent to the Governor-General based at Mount Abu. The states kept their own rulers under treaties with the British but accepted British control of foreign affairs and defence. After independence in 1947 its states merged to form Rajasthan.

Rajputana Agency
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Rajputana Agency. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/rajputana-agency
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