Eastern States Agency

Eastern States Agency
1933–1948
Flag of Eastern States Agency
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The Eastern States Agency in the Indian Empire in 1940
The Eastern States Agency in the Indian Empire in 1940
CapitalRanchi
States under AGG for Eastern States
GovernmentIndirect imperial rule over a group of hereditary monarchies
Agent to the
Governor-General
 
• 1933 (first)
E.C. Gibson, ICS[1]
Historical eraInterwar era • World War II
• Merger of former Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Orissa states
1933
• Cooch Behar and Tripura added
1936
1948
Area
1936154,570 km2 (59,680 sq mi)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Central Provinces
Bihar and Orissa
Bengal
Eastern States Union

The Eastern States Agency was an agency or grouping of princely states in eastern India, during the latter years of the British Raj. It was created in 1933, by the unification of the former Chhattisgarh States Agency and the Orissa States Agency; the agencies remained intact within the grouping. In 1936, the Bengal States Agency was added.

  1. ^ Guide to the Records in the National Archives of India. the creation of Eastern States Agency , E. C. Gibson in the Politi cal Department was appointed the first Agent to the Governor General to this Agency . As a result of the noti fi cations , the States of Bihar and Orissa and Central ...