Rajputana Agency

Rajputana Agency
1832–1948
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The Rajputana Agency within the Indian Empire in 1920
Detailed map of Rajputana Agency in 1920.
Capital	Ajmer (1832–1845) Mount Abu (1845–1947)
States under AGG for Rajputana	Jaipur State Jodhpur State Bikaner State Udaipur State Other 17 salute states, 1 chiefship, 1 zamindari
Government	Indirect imperial rule over a group of hereditary monarchies
Agent to the Governor-General
• 1832–1836 (first)	Abraham Locket
Historical era	New Imperialism
• First agreements with local princely rulers	1817
• Rajputana Agency established in Ajmer	1832
• Headquarters shifted to Mount Abu	1845
• Accession to the Indian Union	1948
Area
1901	330,875 km2 (127,752 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	9,723,301
Preceded by Succeeded by Jaisalmer State Bikaner State Jodhpur State Jaipur State Udaipur State Maratha Confederacy Alwar State Kishangarh State Dungarpur State Sirohi State Banswara State Kota State Bundi State Bharatpur State Karauli State Dholpur State Jhalawar State Tonk State Bharatpur State Rajasthan

The Rajputana Agency was a political office of the British Indian Empire dealing with a collection of native states in Rajputana (now in Rajasthan, northwestern India), under the political charge of an Agent reporting directly to the Governor-General of India and residing at Mount Abu in the Aravalli Range. The total area of the states falling within the Rajputana Agency was 127,541 square miles (330,330 km²), with eighteen states and two estates or chiefships.