Rewa Kantha Agency
| Rewa Kantha Agency | |||||
| Agency of British India | |||||
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1811 | |||
| • | Formation of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency | 1937 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1901 | 12,877 km2(4,972 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1901 | 479,065 | |||
| Density | 37.2 /km2 (96.4 /sq mi) | ||||
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. |
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Rewa Kantha was a political agency of British India, managing the relations (indirect rule) of the British government's Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. It stretched for about 150 miles between the plain of Gujarat and the hills of Malwa, from the Tapti River to the Mahi River crossing the Rewa (or Narmada) River, from which it takes its name.
The political agent, who was also District collector of the prant (British District) of the Panchmahal, resided at Godhra.
The native states came under British subsidiary alliances after the Third Anglo-Maratha War of the early 19th century.
The total surface was 4,971 3/4 square miles, comprising 3,412 villages, with a population of 479,055, yielding 2,072,026 Rupeese state revenue and paying 147,826 Rupees tribute (mostly to the Gaikwar Baroda State).
In 1937 the princely states of the Rewa Kantha Agency were merged with Baroda State in order to form the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency, which in turn merged in 1944 with the Western India States Agency as Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency.
After the Independence of British India in 1947, split into India and Pakistan, the rulers of the states all agreed to accede to the Government of India and were integrated into Bombay State. Bombay state was split along linguistic lines in 1960, and Rewa Kantha became part of Gujarat, like Saurashtra State.
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