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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Political agency of British India}}<br />
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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
|native_name = <br />
|conventional_long_name =Cutch Agency<br />
|common_name =Cutch Agency<br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
|status_text = [[Agencies of British India|Agency of British India]]<br />
|era = <br />
|year_start = 1819<br />
|date_start = <br />
|event_start= <br />
|year_end = 1924<br />
|date_end = <br />
|event_end= Formation of the [[Western India States Agency]]<br />
|event1 = <br />
|date_event1 = <br />
|p1 =<br />
|s1 = Western India States Agency<br />
|flag_p1 = <br />
|flag_s1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg<br />
|image_flag = <br />
|image_coat = <br />
|image_map = Bombay Prov north 1909.jpg<br />
|image_map_caption = Map of the Cutch Agency area<br />
|stat_area1 =19725<br />
|stat_year1 =1901<br />
|stat_pop1 =488,022<br />
|footnotes =<br />
}}<br />
The '''Cutch Agency''' was one of the [[agencies of British India]]. The appointed Political Agent looked after only one territory, that of the [[princely state]] of [[Cutch State|Cutch]], which had a surface of {{convert|19,725| km²||}}, not including the [[Rann of Kutch]].<br />
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The agency's headquarters were at [[Bhuj]],<ref name=i/> where the Political Agent used to reside. He reported to the Political Department office at [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]].<ref>Sessional Papers - Volume 31, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons published by H.M. Stationery Office, 1900 - Page 464</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The agency was formed in 1819 when [[Cutch State]] became a [[British protectorate]].<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Cutch |volume=7 |pages=669–670}}</ref><br />
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Captain [[James MacMurdo]] was first appointed Political Agent, as Collector and Resident of Cutch. He worked from his office<br />
at [[Anjar, India|Anjar]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer, Volume 5 By Bombay (India : State)|date=1880|page=268|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JH7q-DP30HUC&q=macmurdo+anjar&pg=PA268|access-date=20 September 2014}}</ref> while the capital of [[Cutch State]] was located away at [[Bhuj]].<br />
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The progressive prosperity of Cutch was devastated by the [[famine]] of 1899-1900,<ref name=EB1911/> which was felt everywhere with extreme severity; between 1891 and 1901 the population of the state of Cutch decreased from 558,415 inhabitants in 1891 to 488,022 in 1901, owing to the famine.<ref>''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', British India Office.</ref><br />
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On 10 October 1924 the Cutch Agency was abolished and merged into the [[Western India States Agency]].<ref>The India Office and Burma Office List by Harrison and sons, Limited, 1922- Page 393</ref><ref name=i>The Indian Year Book, Volume 11 by Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1924, pp:151-152</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Indian and Pakistan Year Book, Volume 23|year=1936|page=172|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pg8IAQAAIAAJ&q=cutch+agency+formed+year}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Tharparkar#History|History of Tharparkar]]<br />
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