the principal groups of states were north gujarat, comprising cutch, kathiawar agency, palanpur agency, mahi kantha agency, ambliara rewa kantha agency and cambay; south gujarat, comprising dharampur, bansda and sachin; north konkan, nasik and khandesh, of the khandesh agency, surgana and jawhar; south konkan and dharwar, comprising janjira, sawantwadi and savanur, as well as the territories under the deccan states agency, including the deccan satara jagirs, ichalkaranji, sangli akkalkot, bhor, aundh, phaltan, jath and daphalapur, the southern maratha states, comprising kolhapur, among other states, and khairpur in sindh. the native states under the "supervision" of the government of 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 cutch, 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.