Rewa Kantha Agency

Rewa Kantha Agency
Agency of British India
1811–1937

Rewa Kantha Agency within Gujarat
Area 
• 1901
12,877 km2 (4,972 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
479,065
History 
• Established
1811
• Formation of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency
1937
 Succeeded by
Baroda and Gujarat States Agency
Map of Rewa Kantha Agency with all Princely States
Agency Map (1878)
Princely state
Individual residencies
Agencies
Lists

Rewa Kantha was a political agency of British India, managing the relations (indirect rule) of the British government's Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. It stretched for about 150 miles between the plain of Gujarat and the hills of Malwa, from the Tapti River to the Mahi River crossing the Rewa (or Narmada) River, from which it takes its name.[1][2]

The political agent, who was also District collector of the prant (British District) of the Panchmahal, resided at Godhra.

  1. ^ "Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency"
  2. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rewa Kantha" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 225.