Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency

Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency
Agency of British India
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Map of the area of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency
History
•	Merger of Baroda and Gujarat States Agency and Western India States Agency	1944
•	Independence of India	1947
Area
•	1931	58,825 km2(22,712 sq mi)
Population
•	1931	8,980,811
	Density	152.7 /km2  (395.4 /sq mi)
"A collection of treaties, engagements, and sunnuds relating to India and neighbouring countries"

The Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency was a political agency of British India, managing the relations of the British government of the Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states.

The political agent in charge of the agency resided at Baroda (Vadodara).

In 1937 the princely states of the Baroda Agency were merged with those of the agencies adjacent to the northern part of the Bombay Presidency, Rewa Kantha Agency, Surat Agency, Nasik Agency, Kaira Agency and Thana Agency, in order to form the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency. On November 5, 1944 the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency was merged with the Western India States Agency (WISA) to form the larger Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency.

After the Independence of India in 1947, as India and Pakistan, the rulers of the princely states of the agency signed the Instrument of Accession and joined the Indian Union. Only a few princely states such as Junagadh and (Bantva) Manavadar lingering over joining Pakistan. Finally following the accession to India the territories managed by the agency were integrated into the following newly created states:

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