Bombay were divided, historically and geographically, into two main groups. The northern or Gujarat group includes the territories of the Gaekwad of Baroda, with the smaller states which form the administrative divisions of Kutch, Palanpur, Rewa Kantha, and Mahi Kantha. These territories, with the exception of Kutch, have a historical connection, as being the allies or tributaries of the Gaekwad until 1805, when final engagements were included between that prince and the British government. The southern or Maratha group includes Kolhapur, Akalkot, Sawantwari, and the Satara and southern Mahratta Jagirs, and has a historical bond of union in the friendship they showed to the British in their final struggle with the power of the peshwa until 1818. The remaining territories may conveniently be divided into a small cluster of independent zamindaris, situated in the wild and hilly tracts at the northern extremity of the Sahyadri range, and certain. principalities which, from their history or geographical position, are to some extent isolated from the rest of the presidency. Baroda State (Vadodara), one of the residencies of British India, was combined in the 1930s with the residencies of the princely states (agencies) of the northern Bombay Presidency to form the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency and subsequently expanded in Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency in 1944. See also Bombay Army Cowaszee Nanabhoy Davar List of governors of Bombay Portuguese Bombay and Bassein Advocate-General of Bombay High Court of Bombay History of Tharparkar Bengal Presidency Madras Presidency Notes 1. A regiment made up of European soldiers. References Attribution Bibliography External links View historical, early 20th century, photographs of Bombay at the University of Houston Digital Library Coins of the Bombay Presidency Historical Indian regions Presidencies of British India History of Sindh History of Tharparkar History of Pakistan 1618 establishments in British India 1947 disestablishments in British India