at its greatest extent, the bombay presidency comprised the present-day state of gujarat, the western two-thirds of maharashtra state, including the regions of konkan, desh, and kandesh, and northwestern karnataka state of india; it also included pakistan's sindh province (1847–1935) and aden in yemen (1839–1932). the districts and provinces of the presidency were directly under british rule, while the internal administration of the native or princely states was in the hands of local rulers. the presidency, however, managed the defence of princely states and british relations with them through political agencies. the bombay presidency along with the bengal presidency and madras presidency were the three major centres of british power.