Madras States Agency
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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) :
- Travancore, ruled by a Maharaja with a hereditary salute of 19-guns;
- Cochin, ruled by a Maharaja with a hereditary salute of 17-guns;
- Pudukkottai, ruled by a Raja with a hereditary salute of 11-guns;
- Banganapalle, ruled by a Nawab with a hereditary salute of 9-guns;
- Sandur, a non-salute state ruled by a Raja.
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Agency of British India | |||||||||
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1913 map of the Madras Presidency including the Princely States. | |||||||||
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