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The Kathiawar Agency, on the Kathiawar peninsula in the western part of the Indian subcontinent, was a political unit of some 200 small princely states under the suzerainty of the Bombay Presidency of British India. The agency's headquarters were at Rajkot,〔 the town where the Political Agent used to reside. He reported to the Political Department office at Bombay, Bombay Presidency.〔Sessional Papers – Volume 31, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons published by H.M. Stationery Office, 1900 – Page 464〕 ==History== The agency was formed in 1822, after the princely states in the area became British protectorates. The progressive prosperity of Kathiawar received a shock from the famine of 1899–1900, which was felt everywhere in the area with extreme severity; between 1891 and 1901 the population of the states covered by the Agency decreased by 15 per cent, largely due to the results of the famine.〔(Kathiawar ) at ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 164.''〕 On 10 October 1924 the agency was abolished and merged into the Western India States Agency, which had three subdivisions:〔The India Office and Burma Office List by Harrison and sons, Limited, 1922– Page 393〕〔The Indian Year Book, Volume 11 by Bennett, Coleman & Company, 1924,pp:151–152〕 * Eastern Kathiawar Agency (from 1926 onwards) * Western Kathiawar Agency (from 1926 onwards) * Sabar Kantha Agency (merged with Eastern Kathiawar Agency on 1 September 1943) * Banas Kantha Agency (former Palanpur Agency)〔(List of Princely States of India )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kathiawar Agency」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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