What is Punjab Hill States agency?
The '''Punjab Hill States Agency''' was an administrative unit of [[British India]]. The agency was created in 1936, and was made up a number of [[princely states]] in the present-day Indian states of [[Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Uttarakhand]]. In 1901 the [[Punjab States Agency]] was created, in 1936 the [[hill]]y parts of this became the Punjab Hill States Agency. The states came under British rule after the [[Anglo-Nepalese War]] of 1814–16, and were known as the '''[[Hill States#Simla Hills|Simla Hill States]]'''. They later became part of the British province of [[Punjab region|Punjab]], apart from [[Tehri-Garhwal]], which was part of the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]]. After Indian Independence in 1947, the states acceded to the [[Government of India]], most of the states became the new state of Himachal Pradesh, with Tehri-Garhwal becoming part of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. In 2000, the northern portion of Uttar Pradesh, including the former state of [[Tehri-Garhwal]], became the new Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]]. {{History-stub}} [[Category:1936 establishments in Asia]] [[Category:British India]] [[Category:Indian princely states]] [[Category:1930s establishments in India]]