| Native Name: | सूरत સુરત سورت |
| Conventional Long Name: | Surat Agency |
| Common Name: | Surat Agency |
| Nation: | British India |
| Status Text: | Agency of British India |
| Year Start: | 1880 |
| Event Start: | Abolition of the Khandesh Agency |
| Year End: | 1933 |
| Event End: | Formation of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency |
| P1: | Khandesh |
| S1: | Baroda and Gujarat States Agency |
| Flag P1: | British Raj Red Ensign.svg |
| Flag S1: | British Raj Red Ensign.svg |
| Image Map Caption: | Surat Agency within Gujarat |
| Stat Area1: | 5076 |
| Stat Year1: | 1901 |
| Stat Pop1: | 179,975 |
The Surat Agency was one of the agencies of British India in the Bombay Presidency.[1]
This agency was formed in the 19th century as the Khandesh Agency, after the region of Khandesh, becoming the Surat Agency in 1880.[2] 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.[3]
The agency included three 9-gun salute princely states and the Dangs.[1]
The Dangs were a group of small states in what is now the Dang district of Gujarat State.
| State | Population[4] | Revenue (1881, Rs.) | Ruler's title. Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dang Pimpri | 3,600 | 3106 | 388 km2 | |
| Dang Wadhwan | 253 | 147 | approx. 12 km2. Not to be confused with Wadhwan State, whose capital was Wadhwan. | |
| Dang Ketak Kadupada | 218 | 155 | ||
| 5,300 | 2885; 1891: 5300 | Raja. 307 km2 | ||
| Dang Chinchli | 1,670; 1891: approx. 1,400 | 601 | approx. 70 km2 | |
| Dang Pimpladevi | 134 | 120 | approx. 10 km2 | |
| Dang Palasbishar (= Palasvihir) | 223 | 230 | approx. 5 km2 | |
| Dang Auchar | approx. 500 | 201 | < 21 km2 | |
| Dang Derbhauti | 4,891; 1891: approx. 5,000 | 3649 | Raja. 196 km2 | |
| Dang Gadhavi (= Gadhi) | 6,309 | 5125 | Raja. | |
| Dang Shivbara | 346 | 422 | approx. 12 km2 | |
| Dang Kirli (= Kirali) | 167 | 512 | 31 km2 | |
| Dang Wasurna | 6,177 | 2275 | ||
| Dang Dhude (= Bilbari) | 1,450; 1891: 1,418 | 85 | < 5 km2 | |
| Dang Surgana | 14,000 | 11,469 | ||
| Machhali | 1,100 | 4745 | 35 |