Palanpur Agency

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Palanpur Agency was a British Indian administrative unit overseeing a group of princely states in the region around Palanpur in present-day Gujarat.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Palanpur Agency canonical 3
Banas Kantha Agency 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Indian administrative unit
political agency
administrativeCenter Palanpur
associatedWith princely rulers
borderedBy Baroda State
Cutch State
Mahi Kantha Agency
Rajputana Agency
Rewa Kantha Agency
category Former administrative division of India
colonialPower United Kingdom
country British India
dissolvedIn 20th century
existedBefore Independence of India
function political control
revenue administration oversight
supervision of princely states
governmentType colonial political agency
hasTerritorialUnit Deodar State
Kankrej Thana
Palanpur State
Radhanpur State
Santalpur State
Sui State
Tharad State
Varahi State
Wao State
historicalRegion present-day Gujarat
languageOfAdministration English
Gujarati
legalSystem British Indian law (for agency matters)
locatedIn Gujarat region
Western India
namedAfter Palanpur
oversaw princely states
partOf Bombay Presidency
British Indian Empire
linked to: British India
politicalStatus indirect rule
region Banaskantha region
Patan district area
linked to: Patan district
relatedTo Agency system in British India
subordinateTo Governor of Bombay
successor Banas Kantha Agency
linked to: Palanpur Agency
timePeriod British Raj
linked to: British India
usedTitleForHead Political Agent

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western India States Agency hadJurisdictionOver Banas Kantha Agency
linked to: Palanpur Agency
Mahi Kantha Agency borderedBy Palanpur Agency
Palanpur Agency successor Banas Kantha Agency
linked to: Palanpur Agency
Palanpur State politicalAgency Palanpur Agency