Aundh State

Aundh State was a Maratha princely state in the British Raj, in the Deccan States Agency division of the Bombay Presidency.[1][2]

Aundh State
Princely State of British Raj
1699–1948
Flag

Aundh State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area 
 1941
1,298 km2 (501 sq mi)
Population 
 1941
88,762
History 
 Established
1699
1948
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Maratha Empire
India
Today part ofMaharashtra, India
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aundh". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

The Principality of Aundh covered an area of 1298 square kilometers with the population of 88,762 in 1941.[3]

The capital of the state was Aundh.[3]

History

Aundh was a Jagir granted by Chhatrapati Sambhaji to Parshuram Trimbak Pant Pratinidhi, who was a general, administrator and later Pratinidhi of the Maratha Empire during the reign of Chhatrapati Sambhaji and Chhatrapati Rajaram.[4] He played a crucial role in re-capturing Panhala Fort, Ajinkyatara (at Satara), Bhupalgad forts from Mughals during period of 1700–1705.[5]

After the fall of Peshwa rule, the British East India company entered separate treaties in 1820 with all the Jagirdars who were nominally subordinate to the Raja of Satara.[6] Aundh became a princely state when Satara state was abolished by the British under the Doctrine of lapse. The last ruler of the Aundh was Raja Shrimant Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi ("Bala Sahib"). The state joined the Union of India on 8 March 1948.[7][8]

Rulers

Aundh's Hindu rulers used the title of "Pant Pratinidhi".

Foundation of the state Aundh
1690[9] / 1699
Princes (Rajas), with the title Pant Pratinidhi[9]
FromToRajaBornDied
16971718-05-27Parusharam Trimbak16601718
17181746-11-25Shrinivasrao Parashuram16871746
17461754Jagjivanrao Parashuram16911754
17541776-04-05Shrinivasrao Gangadhar1776
17761777-08-30Bhagwant Rao1777
1777-08-301848-06-11Parashuramrao Shrinivas "Thoto Pant"
(Peshwa prisoner 1806-1818)
17771848
1848-06-111901Shrinivasrao Parashuram "Anna Sahib"1833-11-271901
19011905Parashuramrao Shrinivas "Dada Sahib"1858-02-171905
1905-11-031909-11-04Gopalkrishnarao Parashuram "Nana Sahib"1879-01-26
1909-11-041947-08-15Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi "Bala Sahib"1868-10-241951-04-13
Prime-minister[9]
[9]
FromToRajaBornDied
19441948Parshuram Rao Pant "Appa Sahib"[10] 1912-09-111992-10-05
The Line is nominally Continued
FromToRajaBornDied
19511962Shrimant Bhagwant Rao Trimbak "Bapu Sahib"[11]19192007-04-08

See also

References

  1. I. Copland. State, Community and Neighbourhood in Princely North India, c. 1900-1950. Springer. p. 95. Retrieved 26 April 2005.
  2. Ian Copland. The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947. Cambridge University Press. p. 214. Retrieved 16 May 2002.
  3. Rothermund 1983, p. 9.
  4. Bond 2006, p. 773.
  5. Gurcharn Singh Sandhu (2003). A military history of medieval India. Vision Books. p. 648.
  6. Sumitra Kulkarni (1995). The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture. Mittal Publications. p. 18. ISBN 978-81-7099-581-4.
  7. "Aundh Princely State". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  8. Rothermund 1983, p. xvii.
  9. Princely States of India A-J
  10. "Aundh princely state rulers". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  11. Who's who in India, Burma & Ceylon. p. 75. Heir apparent- -Shrimant Bhagwant- rao alias Bapusaheb (nominal)

Bibliography

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