6-564: The Madras States Agency was a colonial agency for the indirect rule of princely states associated with British India . Founded in 1923, it consisted of these five princely states (by precedence) : Prior to 1923, the five states have been subject to the government of the Madras Presidency which was represented in each state by a resident usually the District Collector of a neighbouring Madras district. When in 1923, all
12-450: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Agencies of British India An agency of British India was an internally autonomous or semi-autonomous unit of British India whose external affairs were governed by an agent designated by the Viceroy of India . The agencies varied in character from fully autonomous self-governing dependencies such as princely states , where
18-545: The adjoining British district. Civil and criminal justice in agencies were usually administered through locally made laws, and the Indian Penal Code was not applicable by default in these agencies. Political agencies were created, merged or abolished at different times during the history of the British Raj . This list includes all agencies, regardless of the historical period. This Indian history-related article
24-509: The agent functioned mainly as a representative of the Viceroy, to tribal tracts which were integral parts of the British Empire and where the agent was completely in charge of law and order. The agent of a protected tract or princely state usually lived outside the territory in his charge, as opposed to a Resident who usually lived within his confines and was frequently the District Collector of
30-678: The states were brought under the direct control of the Government of India , the individual residencies were abolished and replaced with a single unitary agency responsible to the Governor-General of India . The agent was based in Trivandrum , the capital of Travancore. He supervised the foreign relations of the princely states and their relationship with the Central government in New Delhi . The agency
36-694: Was abolished when India became independent in 1947. Between 1947 and 1950, the Madras states with the exception of Travancore and Cochin were merged with the neighbouring districts of Madras Province. On 1 April 1937, the Madras States Agency was converted into a residency and on 1 January 1939, the princely states of Banganapalle and Sandur were transferred to the Mysore Residency . 8°29′N 76°57′E / 8.483°N 76.950°E / 8.483; 76.950 This Indian location article
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