Madras States Agency
The Madras States Agency was a colonial agency for the indirect rule of princely states associated with British India. Founded in 1923, it consisted of these five princely states (by precedence) : Travancore, ruled by a Maharaja with a hereditary salute of 19-guns; Cochin, ruled by a Maharaja with a hereditary salute of 17-guns; Pudukkottai, ruled by a Raja with a hereditary salute of 11-guns; Banganapalle, ruled by a Nawab with a hereditary salute of 9-guns; Sandur, a non-salute state ruled by a Raja.