Madras States Agency

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Madras States Agency
Agency of British India
1923–1948
1913 map of the Madras Presidency including the Princely States.
History
• Establishment of the agency	1923
• Accession to the Indian Union	1948
Preceded by Succeeded by Agencies of British India Madras State

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.