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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
|native_name = डेक्कन संस्था<br />
|conventional_long_name =Deccan States Agency<br />
|common_name =Deccan States Agency<br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
|status_text = [[Agencies of British India|Agency of British India]]<br />
|era = <br />
|year_start = 1933<br />
|date_start = <br />
|event_start= Merger of [[Kolhapur Agency]] and four smaller agencies <br />
|year_end = 1947<br />
|date_end = <br />
|event_end= Merger into Bombay State following [[Independence of India]]<br />
|event1 = <br />
|date_event1 = <br />
|p1 =Kolhapur State<br />
|s1 = Bombay State<br />
|flag_p1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg<br />
|flag_p2 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg<br />
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg<br />
|image_flag = British Raj Red Ensign.svg<br />
|image_coat = <br />
|image_map = Bombay Prov south 1909.jpg<br />
|image_map_caption = Southern section of the [[Bombay Presidency]]<br />
|stat_area1 =<br />
|stat_year1 =<br />
|stat_pop1 =<br />
|footnotes = [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924007471935/cu31924007471935_djvu.txt "A collection of treaties, engagements, and sunnuds relating to India and neighbouring countries"]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Deccan States Agency''', also known as the '''Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency''', was a [[Agencies of British India|political agency]] of [[British India]], managing the relations of the British government of the [[Bombay Presidency]] with a collection of [[princely states]]<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924070623545/cu31924070623545_djvu.txt "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency"]</ref> and [[jagir]]s (feudal 'vassal' estates) in western India.<br />
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== History ==<br />
The agency was created 1933 with the merger of the [[Kolhapur Agency]] (Kolhapur Residency), [[Poona Agency]], [[Bijapur Agency]], [[Dharwar Agency]] and [[Kolaba Agency]].<br />
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It 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 state]]s. The princely states included in the agency were under the suzerainty, but not the control, of the British authorities of the [[Bombay Presidency]].<br />
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After Indian Independence in 1947, the states all acceded to the [[Dominion of India]], and were integrated into the Indian state of [[Bombay state|Bombay]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Political and administrative integration of princely states By S. N. Sadasivan|isbn=9788170999683|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kWptYbzpXE8C&q=UNITED+STATE+OF+KATHIAWAR&pg=PA26|last1=Sadasivan|first1=S. N.|year=2005}}</ref> 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.<ref>[[Ramachandra Guha]], ''[[India after Gandhi]]: The History of the World's Largest Democracy.'' HarperCollins, 2007</ref><br />
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== Princely (e)states ==<br />
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=== States of the former Kolhapur Agency ===<br />
Salute states, by precedence :<br />
* [[Kolhapur (princely state)|Kolhapur]], title Maharaja; Hereditary 19-guns salute<br />
* [[Janjira State|Janjira]], title Nawab; Hereditary 11-guns (13-guns local):<br />
* [[Sangli State|Sangli]], title Raja; Hereditary 9-guns (11-guns personal)<br />
* [[Mudhol State|Mudhol]], title Raja; Hereditary 9-guns<br />
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Non-salute states, alphabetically :<br />
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* [[Akalkot State|Akalkot]], title Raja <br />
* [[Aundh State|Aundh]], title Pant Pratinidhi<br />
* [[Jamkhandi State|Jamkhandi]], title Raja<br />
* [[Kurundwad Junior]], title Rao<br />
* [[Kurundwad Senior]], title Rao<br />
* [[Miraj Junior]], title Rao<br />
* [[Miraj Senior]], title Rao<br />
* [[Phaltan State|Phaltan]], title Naik<br />
* [[Ramdurg State|Ramdurg]], title Raja <br />
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=== [[Jagir]]s of the former Kolhapur Agency ===<br />
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* [[Gaganbawada|Bavda estate]] <br />
* [[Gajendragad]] (Gajendragarh), <br />
*? [[Nesri]] <br />
*? [[Himmat Bahadur]] <br />
* [[Ichalkaranji|Ichalkaranji estate]]<br />
* [[Kagal Junior]] <br />
* [[Kagal Senior]] <br />
* [[Kapshi|Kapshi estate]] <br />
* [[Latur|Latur estate]]<br />
* [[Sar Lashkar Khardekar ]] <br />
* [[Torgal Jagir]]<br />
* [[Vishalgad|Vishalgad estate]]<br />
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=== States of the other former colonial agencies ===<br />
Former [[Bijapur Agency]], both non-salute :<br />
* [[Daphlapur State|Daphlapur (Daflepur)]], title Deshmukh (1917 incorporated in Jath, below)<br />
* [[Jath State|Jath (Joth)]], title Raja (till 1936 Deshmukh)<br />
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Former [[Kolaba Agency]]:<br />
* [[Sawantwadi State|Sawantwadi (Savantwadi)]], title title Raja Bahadur; Hereditary salute of 9-guns (11-guns local)<br />
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Former [[Dharwar Agency]] : non-salute :<br />
* [[Savanur State|Savanur]], title Nawab<br />
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Former [[Poona Agency]] :<br />
* [[Bhor State|Bhor]], title Raja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of Maratha dynasties and states]]<br />
* [[Maratha Empire]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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