Kolhapur State

Kolhapur State कोल्हापूर रियासत
Princely State of British India
← 1707–1949 →
Flag Coat of arms
Kolhapur 1896
History
•	Established	1707
•	Independence of India	1949
Area
•	1901	8,332 km2 (3,217 sq mi)
Population
•	1901	910,011
	Density	109.2 /km2  (282.9 /sq mi)
Today part of		Maharashtra, India
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Kolhapur State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India

Kolhapur State (1707–1949) was a Maratha princely State of British India, under the Deccan Division of the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. It was considered the fourth most important of the Maratha principalities, the other three being Baroda State, Gwalior State and Indore State. Its rulers, of the Bhonsle dynasty, were entitled to a 19-gun salute - thus Kolhapur was also known as a 19-gun State. The state flag was a swallow-tailed orange pennant.

History

Shahuji II of Kolhapur (r. 1894 -1922)

The New Palace, Kolhapur

Maharani Tarabai.

Kolhapur State, together with its jagirs or feudatories, covered an area of 3,165 square miles (8,200 km²). According to the 1901 census, the state population was 910,011, of which 54,373 resided in Kolhapur Town. In 1901, the state enjoyed an estimated revenue of £300,000.

The Maharajas of Kolhapur have a common ancestry with the Bhonsle dynasties of Tanjore and Satara, claiming descent from the Maratha royal clan Bhonslà. The states of Satara and Kolhapur came into being in 1707, because of the succession dispute over the Maratha kingship. Shahuji, the heir apparent to the Maratha kingdom, captured by the Mughals at the age of nine, remained their prisoner at the death of his father Sambhaji, the elder son of Shivaji Maharaj the founder of the Maratha Empire in 1689. The Dowager Maharani Tarabai (a widow of Rajaram Chhatrapati, younger son of Shivaji Maharaj) proclaimed her son Shivaji I, as Chhatrapati Maharaj under her regency. The Mughals released Shahu under certain conditions in 1707, and he returned to claim his inheritance. He defeated the regent at the Battle of Khed and established himself at Satara, forcing her to retire with her son to Kolhapur. By 1710 two separate principalities had become an established fact. Shivaji II and Tarabai were soon deposed by the other widow of Rajaram, Rajasbai. She installed her own son, Sambhaji II as the new ruler of Kolhapur. Sambhaji II signed the Treaty of Warana in 1731 with his cousin Shahu to formalize the two separate seats of Bhonsle family. The British sent expeditions against Kolhapur in 1765 and 1792; Kolhapur entered into treaty relations with the British, after the collapse of the Maratha confederacy in 1812. In the early years of the 19th century the British invaded again, and appointed a political officer to temporarily manage the state.

The last ruler of Kolhapur was HH Maharaja Chhatrapati Shahaji II Puar. After Indian independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Kolhapur acceded to the Dominion of India on 14 August 1947 and merged with Bombay State on 1 March 1949. In 1960 Bombay state was divided into the linguistic states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. The boundaries of former Kolhapur state correspond very closely with those of modern-day Kolhapur district.

Rulers of Kolhapur

• 1710 - 2 Aug 1714 Shivaji I (b. 1696 - d. 1726)
• 2 Aug 1714 - 20 Dec 1760 Shambhaji I (b. 1698 - d. 1760)
• 20 Dec 1760 - 17 Feb 1773 Rani Jiji Bai (f) -Regent(b. 1716 - d. 1773)
• 22 Sep 1762 - 24 Apr 1813 Shivaji II(b. 1756 - d. 1813)
• 24 Apr 1813 - 2 Jul 1821 Shambhaji II (b. 1801 - d. 1821)
• 2 Jul 1821 - 3 Jan 1822 Shivaji III (b. 1816 - d. 1822)
• 2 Jul 1821 - 3 Jan 1822 Shahaji -Regent(b. 1802 - d. 1838)
• 3 Jan 1822 - 29 Nov 1838 Shahaji I
• 29 Nov 1838 - 4 Aug 1866 Shivaji IV (b. 1830 - d. 1866)
• 29 Nov 1838 - 1845 Rani Sai Bai (f) -Regent (d. 1861)
• 4 Aug 1866 - 30 Nov 1870 Rajaram I Nagaji Rao (b. 1850 - d. 1870)
• 30 Nov 1870 - 12 Oct 1871 Rani Tara Bai (f) -Regent (b. 1855 - d. 1874)
• 12 Oct 1871 - 25 Dec 1883 Shivaji V Chhatrapati Narayana Rao (b. 1863 - d. 1883)
• 25 Dec 1883 - 17 Mar 1884 Rani Anand Bai (f) -Regent
• 17 Mar 1884 - 6 May 1922 Shahu I Chhatrapati Jashwant (b. 1874 - d. 1922)
• 17 Mar 1884 - 20 Mar 1885 Jaisinhrao Ghatge -Regent
• 6 May 1922 - 26 Nov 1940 Rajaram II Chhatrapati (b. 1897 - d. 1940)
• 26 Nov 1940 - 18 Nov 1942 Tara Bai (f) -Regent (1st time) (b. 1904 - d. ....)
• 18 Nov 1942 - 28 Sep 1946 Shivaji VI Chhatrapati (b. 1941 - d. 1946)
• 22 Nov 1942 - 31 Mar 1947 Tara Bai (f) -Regent (2nd time) (s.a.)
• 31 Mar 1947 - 15 Aug 1947 Shahaji II Chhatrapati (b. 1910 - d. 1983)
• 1983 - Present Shahu II Chhatrapati (b. 1948 – present)

Family tree

• Kalojirao Bhonsle
  • Malojirao (1552-1606/20/22)
    • Shahajirao (c1594-1664)
      • SHIVAJI THE GREAT, Emperor of the Maratha Empire (c1627-1680; Emperor: 1674-1680)
        • Shambhaji, Emperor of the Maratha Empire (1657-1689; r. 1680-1689)
        • Rajaram, Emperor of the Maratha Empire (1670-1700; r. 1689-1700)
          • I. Shivaji I, Raja of Kolhapur (1696-1726; Raja of Kolhapur: 1710-1714)
          • II. Shambhaji I, Raja of Kolhapur (1698-1760; r. 1714-1760)
    • Sharifjirao
      • Trimbukjirao
        • Venkatjirao
          • Mankojirao
            • Shahajirao
              • III. Shivaji II, Raja of Kolhapur (1756-1813; r. 1762-1813)
                • IV. Shambhaji II, Raja of Kolhapur (1801-1821; r. 1813-1821)
                  • V. Shivaji III, Raja of Kolhapur (1816-1822; r. 1821-1822)
                • VI. Shahaji I, Raja of Kolhapur (1802-1838; r. 1822-1838)
                  • VII. Shivaji IV, Raja of Kolhapur KCSI (1830-1866; r. 1838-1866)
                  • Shrimati Akhand Soubhagyavati Aubai Patankar m. (1845) Shrimant Sardar Ramchandrarao Patankar, Patil of Patan
                    • VIII. Rajaram I, Raja of Kolhapur (1850-1870; r. 1866-1870)
                  • Shrimati Akhand Soubhagyavati Balabai Maharaj Ghatge (d. 1867), m. (1848) Meherban Shrimant Chiranjiva Rajashri Narayanrao Ghatge, Sarjerao, Chief of Kagal Junior (c. 1833-1881)
                    • HH Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Jaisinhrao Ghatge, Sarjerao, Vazarat, Ma-ab, Chief of Kagal Senior (1857–1885) m. (2nd; 1878) Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Radhabai Sahib Ghatge
                      • X. Shahu I, Maharaja of Kolhapur GCSI, GCIE, GCVO (1874-1922; r. 1884-1922; Raja of Kolhapur: 1884; Maharaja of Kolhapur: 1900)
                        • HH Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Maharani Radhabai Maharaj Puar, Maharani of Dewas Senior (1894–1973) m. (1908) HH Tukojirao III, Maharaja of Dewas Senior KCSI (1888–1937)
                          • XIII. Shahaji II, Maharaja of Dewas Senior, Maharaja of Kolhapur GCSI (1910-1983; Maharaja of Dewas Senior: 1937-1947; Maharaja of Kolhapur: 1947-1949; titular ruler: 1949-1971; family head: 1971-1983)
                            • Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Maharajkumari Shaliniraje Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle (b.1929) m. (1945)Shrijut Raje Rajaramsinhrao Laxmanrao Bhonsle (d. 1970)
                              • XIV. Shahu II, Maharaja of Kolhapur (b. 1948; family head: 1983-present)
                        • XI. Rajaram II, Maharaja of Kolhapur GCSI, GCIE (1897-1940; r. 1922-1940)
              • Shambhajirao
                • Ramchandrarao
                  • Narayanjirao
                    • Dinkarrao (b. 1832)
                      • IX. Shivaji V, Raja of Kolhapur KCSI (1863-1883; r. 1871-1883)
              • Swarupjirao
                • Mankojirao
                  • Yashwantrao (1832–1884)
                    • Appa Sahib
                      • Shivajirao
                        • Shankarrao (b. 1922)
                          • XII. Shivaji VI, Maharaja of Kolhapur (1941-1946; r. 1941-1946)

See also

• Maratha
• Maratha Empire
• List of Maratha dynasties and states
• List of Indian princely states
• Maharajas of Kolhapur
• Panhala Fort

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Kolhapur History and Genealogy royalark
• Mumbai and Princely States Heraldry