Surat Agency

{{Infobox former subdivision

|native_name = सूरत
સુરત
سورت

|conventional_long_name =Surat Agency

|common_name =Surat Agency

|nation = British India

|status_text = Agency of British India

|era =

|year_start = 1880

|date_start =

|event_start = Abolition of the Khandesh Agency

|year_end = 1933

|date_end =

|event_end = Formation of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency

|event1 =

|date_event1 =

|p1 = Khandesh

|s1 = Baroda and Gujarat States Agency

|flag_p1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg

|flag_s1 = British Raj Red Ensign.svg

|image_flag = British Raj Red Ensign.svg

|image_coat =

|image_map = Surat Agency in Gujarat during British India 1880-1933.svg

|image_map_caption = Surat Agency within Gujarat

|stat_area1 = 5076

|stat_year1 = 1901

|stat_pop1 = 179,975

|footnotes =

}}

File:Surat Agency with all princely states with labels British India 1880-1933.svg

File:Bansda and Dharampur, 1896.jpg

The Surat Agency was one of the agencies of British India in the Bombay Presidency.{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Surat |volume=26 |page=117}}

History

This agency was formed in the 19th century as the Khandesh Agency, after the region of Khandesh, becoming the Surat Agency in 1880.The Indian Year Book, Volume 11 by Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1924 Around 1900, the Dangs were incorporated, and in 1933, it was abolished and became part of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.

In 1944, towards the end of the British Raj, the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency was ultimately merged with the Western India States Agency to form the larger Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency.

The headquarters of the Surat Agency were at Surat, where the Political Agent who reported to the Political Department office in Bombay, used to reside.William Lee-Warner, The Native States Of India. (1910)