| Conventional Long Name: | Deccan States Agency |
| Common Name: | Deccan States Agency |
| Capital: | Kolhapur |
| Religion: | Hinduism |
| Era: | Interwar period World War II |
| Year Start: | 1933 |
| Event Start: | Merger of Kolhapur Agency and four smaller agencies |
| Year End: | 1947 |
| Event End: | Merger into Bombay following Independence of India |
| Membership Type: | States under AGG for Deccan States |
| Membership: |
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| Government Type: | Indirect imperial rule over a group of hereditary monarchies |
| Title Leader: | Agent to the Governor-General |
| Year Leader1: | 1933 (first) |
| Leader1: | J.C. Tate |
| P1: | Bengal Presidency |
| S1: | Bombay State |
| Flag P1: | British Raj Red Ensign.svg |
| Flag P2: | British Raj Red Ensign.svg |
| Flag S1: | Flag of India.svg |
| Image Map Caption: | The Deccan States Agency in the Indian Empire in 1942 |
| Footnotes: | "A collection of treaties, engagements, and sunnuds relating to India and neighbouring countries" |
The Deccan States Agency, also known as the Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency, was a political agency of India, managing the relations of the Government of India with a collection of princely states[1] and jagirs (feudal 'vassal' estates) in western India.
The agency was created 1933 with the merger of the Kolhapur Agency (Kolhapur Residency), Poona Agency, Bijapur Agency, Dharwar Agency and Kolaba Agency.
It was composed of a number of princely states and jagirs in Western India, located in the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka, six of which were Salute states. The princely states included in the agency were under the suzerainty, but not the control, of the British authorities of the Bombay Presidency.
After Indian Independence in 1947, the states all acceded to the Dominion of India, and were integrated into the Indian state of Bombay.[2] In 1956 the Kannada language speaking southern portion of Bombay state, which included the former states of the Southern Maratha Country, was transferred to Mysore State (later renamed Karnataka). Bombay State was divided into the new states of Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960.[3]
Salute states, by precedence :
Non-salute states, alphabetically :
Former Bijapur Agency, both non-salute :
Former Kolaba Agency:
Former Dharwar Agency : non-salute :
Former Poona Agency :