The Punjab States Agency was an administrative unit of British India. The agency was created in the 1930's, on the model of the Central India Agency and Rajputana Agency, and was composed of 34 princely states in northwest India formerly under the British Punjab Province. After 1947, the states acceded to either the Union of India or the Dominion of Pakistan. British India (otherwise known as The British Raj) was a historical period during which most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, were under the colonial authority of the British Empire (Undivided India). ... The Central India Agency was a political unit of British India, which covered the northern half of present-day Madhya Pradesh state. ... Rajputana, which means Land of the Rajputs is a region of western India, which now makes up the greater part of Rajasthan state. ... A princely state or native state was a feudal monarchy in British India ruled by a hereditary ruler, who was nominally sovereign. ... Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (Meaning: Land of five Rivers) (also Panjab, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, Shahmukhi: پنجاب) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... ...

Princely states of the Punjab States Agency

• Bahawalpur
• Bilaspur (Kahlur)
• Chamba
• Faridkot
• Jind
• Kapurthalaa
• Khairpur
• Loharu
• Maler Kotla
• Mandi
• Nabha
• Patiala
• Sirmur (Nahan)
• Suket

Bahawalpur is a city of Pakistan (1998 pop. ... Bilaspur, a district of Himachal Pradesh, India is famous for the manmade Govind Sagar Lake on the Sutlej River, acts as the reservoir for the Bhakra and Nangal Dam project. ... Chamba, the northwestern district of Himachal Pradesh, has a common border with Jammu. ... Faridkot (1981 pop. ... Jind is a town in Jind District, Haryana state, India. ... Khairpur (khīr´poor) is a city in the Sindh province in southeast Pakistan. ... Loharu is a non-descript town in the Indian state of Haryana, and was the seat of the eponymous princely state during the British Raj. ... Malerkotla is a town in the present-day Indian state of Punjab, which was the seat of the eponymous princely state during the British Raj. ... Mandi is the central district of Himachal Pradesh. ... Nabha is a city of northwestern India, in southeastern Punjab state. ... Patiala is a city in the Punjab state of India. ...

Princely states of the Simla Hill States Superintendency of the Punjab States Agency

• Baghal
• Baghat
• Balsan
• Bashahr
• Bhajji
• Bija
• Darkoti
• Dhami
• Jubbal
• Keonthal
• Kumharsain
• Kunihar
• Kuthar
• Mahlog
• Mangal
• Mawiang
• Mawsynram
• Nalagarh (Hindur)
• Sangri
• Tharoch