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|conventional_long_name =Eastern States Agency
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|event_start= Merger of former Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Orissa agencies
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|event_end= [[Independence of India|Accession to the Indian Union]]
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The '''Eastern States Agency''' was a grouping of [[princely states]] in eastern India, during the latter years of Britain's [[British Raj|Indian Empire]]. It was created in 1933, by the unification of the former Chhattisgarh States Agency and the Orissa States Agency; the agencies remained intact within the grouping. In 1936, the Bengal States Agency was added.

== History ==
{{see also|Chota Nagpur Tributary States|Orissa Tributary States}}
Since the 19th century the [[princely states]] and the [[tributary state]]s of [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] and [[Chhota Nagpur States|Chhota Nagpur]] were not part of Bengal, but British relations with them were managed by its government through the [[Bengal Presidency]].<ref>{{EB1911|noprescript=1|wstitle=Bengal}}</ref>

The Eastern States Agency was created on 1 April 1933. This agency dealt with forty-two princely states in eastern India, located in the present-day Indian states of [[Chhattisgarh]], Jharkhand, [[Odisha]], West Bengal and [[Tripura]]. Before the creation of the Eastern States Agency in 1933, twenty-three native states of the former [[Orissa Tributary States]] and [[Chhota Nagpur States]] were under the [[suzerainty]] of the [[British India|British provinces]] of [[Bihar and Orissa Province|Bihar and Orissa]] and sixteen were under that of the [[Central Provinces]].
[[File:Chota Nagpur area-IGI.jpg|thumb|left|275px|[[Chota Nagpur Plateau|Chota Nagpur]] and [[Orissa Province|Orissa]] area during the British Raj. Political Divisions. 1909 [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] map section.]]
The Agent reported to the [[Governor General of India]] and two Political Agents under his supervision were posted at [[Sambalpur]] and [[Raipur]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Devi|first=Bandita|title=Some Aspects of British Administration in Orissa (1912–1936)|year=1992|publisher=Academic Foundation|isbn=81-7188-072-X|page=213|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lBQQHizn788C&q=Eastern+States+Agency+India&pg=PA213|location=Delhi}}</ref>

[[Cooch Behar]] and [[Tripura]] were transferred from [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]] to the Eastern States Agency on 1 November 1936.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}

On 1 December 1944, the status of this agency was raised to that of a first class [[Residencies of British India|residency]]. These states were grouped into three political agencies, under the "Resident" in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]. The headquarters of the Orissa States Agency was at [[Sambalpur]], the headquarters of the Chhattisgarh States Agency was at [[Raipur]] and the headquarters of the Bengal States Agency was at Calcutta. After the withdrawal of the British from India in 1947, the states [[Instrument of Accession|acceded]] to the new [[Dominion of India|Union of India]] and some of the states formed the [[Eastern States Union]], an organisation that failed.<ref>Sadhna Sharma ed. ''States Politics in India'', 1995, p. 273</ref> Later they were integrated into the Indian states of [[Madhya Pradesh]], Bihar, [[West Bengal]] and [[Odisha|Orissa]].<ref>[http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/august-2007/engpdf/Page94-100.pdf Amalgamation of Princely States]</ref> The eastern portion of Madhya Pradesh and the southern portion of Bihar became the states of [[Chhattisgarh]] and [[Jharkhand]], respectively, in November 2000.

[http://www.euratlas.net/history/hisatlas/india/1947EAST.html Link to the Map of Eastern States Agency]

== Princely states of the Eastern States Agency ==
{{Princely States topics}}

=== Orissa States Agency ===
[[Salute state]]s, by precedence :
* [[Kalahandi State|Kalahandi]], title HH Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns
* [[Mayurbhanj State|Mayurbhanj]], title HH Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns
* [[Patna State|Patna]], title HH Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns
* [[Sonepur State|Sonepur]], title HH Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns

Non-salute states, alphabetically :
{{Div col}}
* [[Athgarh State|Athgarh]], title Raja
* [[Athmallik State|Athmallik]], title Raja
* [[Bamra State|Bamra]], title Raja
* [[Baramba State|Baramba]], title Rawat
* [[Baudh State|Baudh]], title Raja
* [[Bonai State|Bonai]], title Raja
* [[Daspalla State|Daspalla]], title Raja
* [[Dhenkanal (princely state)|Dhenkanal]], title Raja (from 1869 Maharaja)
* [[Gangpur State|Gangpur]], title Raja
* [[Hindol (princely state)|Hindol]], title Raja
* [[Keonjhar State|Keonjhar]], title Raja
* [[Khandpara State|Khandpara]], title Raja
* [[Kharsawan State|Kharsawan]], title Thakur (from 1907 Raja)
* [[Nayagarh State|Nayagarh]], title Raja
* [[Nilgiri State|Nilgiri]], title Raja
* [[Pal Lahara (state)|Pal Lahara]], title Raja
* [[Rairakhol State|Rairakhol]], title Raja
* [[Ranpur State|Ranpur]], title Raja
* [[Saraikela State|Saraikela (Seraikela)]], title Kunwar (from 1884 Raja)
* [[Talcher State|Talcher]], title Raja
* [[Tigiria State|Tigiria]], title Raja
{{div col end}}

=== Chhattisgarh States Agency ===
Only non-salute states :
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* [[Bastar State|Bastar]], title Raja (from 1936 Maharaja)
* [[Changbhakar State|Changbhakar (Chang Bhakar)]], title Raja (from 1865, Bhaiya)
* [[Chhuikhadan State|Chhuikandan]] (Kondka), title Mahant
* [[Jashpur State|Jashpur]], title Raja
* [[Kanker State|Kanker]], title Maharajadhiraja
* [[Kawardha State|Kawardha]], title Thakur
* [[Khairagarh State|Khairagarh]], title Raja
* [[Koriya State|Koriya]] (Korea), title Raja
* [[Nandgaon State|(Raj) Nandgaon]], title Manhat
* [[Raigarh State|Raigarh]], title Raja Bahadur
* [[Sakti State|Sakti]], title Rana
* [[Sarangarh State|Sarangarh]], title Raja
* [[Surguja State|Surguja]], title Raja (from 1820 Maharaja)
* [[Udaipur State, Chhattisgarh|Udaipur, (Dharamjaigarh)(-Chhattisgarh)]], title Raja Bahadur
{{div col end}}

=== Bengal States Agency ===
Salute states :
* [[Cooch Behar State|Cooch Behar]], title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns
* [[Tripura (princely state)|Tripura]], title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns

=== Bihar States Agency ===
Non-salute states :
* [[Mohrampur Jagir]], title Raja Saheb
* [[Raj Darbhanga]], title Maharajadhiraj
* [[Ramgarh Raj]], title Maharaja Bahadur
* [[Ranka Raj]], title Raja Bahadur
*[[Jagdishpur estate]], title Raja
*[[Dumraon Raj]], title Maharaja Bahadur
* [[Dighwara|Dighwara Estate]], title Raja
* [[Tajpur, Bihar|Tajpur Estate]], title Raja Sahib
*[[Banaili Estate]] , title Maharaja
*[[Kahra Estate]] , title Raja
* [[Bhore Estate]], title Raja
*[[Chanour Estate]] , title Raja
*[[Murho Estate]] , title Raja
*[[Sursand Estate]], title Raja
*[[Kursela Estate]], title Raja
*[[Sonbarsa Raj]], title Raja
*[[Narhan Estate]], title Raja
*[[Tekari Raj]], title Raja
*[[Hathwa Raj]], title Maharaja

== See also ==
* [[Political integration of India]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links and Sources ==
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html WorldStatesmen – India – Princely States]

{{Princely states of the Eastern States Agency}}

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