Punjab States Agency
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This article is about a historical group of states in British India. For other uses of the name, see Punjab (disambiguation).
The Punjab States Agency was an agency of the British Raj. The agency was created in 1921, on the model of the Central India Agency and Rajputana Agency, and dealt with forty princely states in northwest India formerly dealt with by the Province of Punjab.[1][2][3]
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Punjab States Agency | |||||||||||||
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British Residency | |||||||||||||
1921–1947 | |||||||||||||
Map of the British Punjab in 1909. | |||||||||||||
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• 1921 | 86,430 km2 (33,370 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1921 | 465,493 | ||||||||||||
Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1921 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Punjab, Pakistan Punjab, India |
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After 1947, all of the states chose to accede to the Dominion of India, except Bahawalpur, which acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan.