Western India States Agency

Western India States Agency
Agency of British India
1924–1944
Map of the area of the Western India States Agency and the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency during the British Raj
Area
• 1941	16,558 km2 (6,393 sq mi)
Population
• 1941	5,220,011
History
• Established	1924
• Formation of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency	1944
Preceded by Succeeded by Kathiawar Agency Cutch Agency Palanpur Agency Mahi Kantha Agency Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency

The Western India States Agency (WISA) was one of the agencies of British India. This agency was formed on 10 October 1924 as a part of the implementation of the Montague Chelmsford report on constitutional reforms. It was formed by merging the areas under the erstwhile Kathiawar, Cutch (covering only Kutch state) and Palanpur agencies.^[1]

At one time or another between 1924 and 1944, 435 princely states were included in this agency, roughly covering the present Gujarat state, but only eighteen out of these were salute states. Some 163 Talukas and Estates were included in this Agency: these were mostly petty (e)states, some no larger than a town or village.