Jath State, was one of the non-salute
Maratha
The Marathi people ( Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as ...
princely states
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...
of
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...
, one of the former
Southern Maratha Jagirs. Jath State and
Daphlapur State
Daphlapur State, also spelled Daflepur, was a Hindu petty princely state of British India. It was a former Maratha territory, one of the former Southern Maratha Jagirs (feudal estates).
Daphlapur State and neighbouring Jath State were the onl ...
were the only two states belonging to the
Bijapur Agency under the
Bombay Presidency, which later became part of the
Deccan States Agency
The Deccan States Agency, also known as the Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency, was a political agency of British India, managing the relations of the British government of the Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states and ...
.
The state was founded in 1686 by the hereditary ''
Patil'' (chief) of Daphlapur.
Jath state (including Daphlapur) covered an area of , and had a population of 68,665 in 1901, while the population of
Jath town itself was 5,414 in that year.
The Raja was married to Princess Usharaje Gaekwad of Baroda who was the grand daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad.
History
The
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
ruling family of Jath State were Dafles of the
Maratha
The Marathi people ( Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as ...
Chavan
Chavan, or Chavhan is a Koli and Maratha clan found largely in Maharashtra, India, and neighbouring states.
Origin
Chavan Maratha claims descent from Chauhan from whom Prithviraj Chauhan last Hindu Emperor of Delhi belongs to. Alternately, t ...
clan, descendants of Lakhmajirao Yeldojirao Chavan, the Patil of Daphlapur. Lakhmajirao Yeldojirao Chavan entered the service of King Ali Adil Shah of
Bijapur, and received a
Desmukhi Watan of four
Mahals in 1672. The
Jagirs of Jath and Karajagi were conferred on his son in 1680. Emperor
Aurangzeb confirmed these estates to the family in 1704. The male line failed four times during the state's history. Consequently, the state was either vested in widowed Ranis or ruled for them by regents for a total of seven decades.
Together with the small state of Daphlapur, Jath State formed the
Bijapur Agency, under the collector of
Bijapur District.
[ Daphlapur had an area of only 249 km2 and was annexed by Jath State in the early 20th century owing to lack of succession.
In 1911, the state enjoyed a revenue estimated at £24,000 and paid a tribute to the ]British Raj
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* it is also called Crown rule in India,
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or Direct rule in India,
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of £700.[ Its flag was an orange rectangle with a four-pointed star in the upper left hand corner.
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Rulers of Jath
The rulers of Jath belonged to the Dafle dynasty and took the title of 'Deshmukh'. The last ruler Vijayasingh Rao Ram Rao took the title of 'Raja'.Princely States of India
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Deshmukhs
* 1686 - 1706 Satvaji Rao (b. 16... - d. 1706)
* 1706 - 1754 Yesu Bai "Au Sahib" (b. ... - d. 1754)
* 1754 - 1759 Yeshwant Rao (b. ... - d. 1759)
* 1759 - 1790 Amrit Rao I (b. ... - d. 1790)
* 1790 - 1810 Khanji Rao (b. 17... - d. 1810)
* 1810 - 1822 Renuka Bai (b. ... - d. 1822)
* 1822 - Dec 1823 Sali Bai (b. ... - d. 1823)
* Dec 1823 - Aug 1835 Ram Rao I Narayan Rao "Aba Sahib Dafle" (b. ... - d. 1835)
* Aug 1835 - 29 Jul 1846 Bhagirathi Bai (b. ... - d. 1846)
* 29 Jul 1846 – 11 Jan 1892 Amrit Rao II "Rao Sahib Dafle" (b. 1835 - d. 1892)
* 13 Jan 1892 – 14 Aug 1928 Ram Rao II Amrit Rao "Aba Sahib Dafle" (b. 1886 - d. 1928)
* 14 Aug 1928 – 23 Jun 1936 Vijayasingh Rao Ram Rao "Baba Sahib Dafle" (b. 1909 - d. 1998)
*Anil Raje Daphale (d.2020)
*Indrajeet Raje Daphale
Raja
Lieutenant Commander Shrimant Raja Vijaysinghrao Ramrao Babasaheb Dafle, educated like his father, Ramrao II, at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot, was the last ruler of Jath. Jath joined the Dominion of India
The Dominion of India, officially the Union of India,* Quote: “The first collective use (of the word "dominion") occurred at the Colonial Conference (April to May 1907) when the title was conferred upon Canada and Australia. New Zealand and N ...
on 8 March 1948 and is currently a part of the Sangli
Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks ...
District in the state of Maharashtra. Regarded as something of a model ruler, Vijaysinhrao, the last sovereign ruler received the hereditary title of Raja
''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested f ...
in 1936. He formed a very effective partnership with his younger brothers, introducing far reaching educational, health and administrative reforms. He was also a noted cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
player. The Raja took up politics and represented his people in both the provincial and national parliaments after Indian Independence in 1947.
* 23 Jun 1936 – 15 Aug 1947 Vijayasingh Rao Ram Rao "Baba Sahib Dafle"
See also
* Maratha
The Marathi people ( Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as ...
* Maratha Empire
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern Indian confederation that came to dominate much of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century. Maratha rule formally began in 1674 with the coronation of Sh ...
* List of Maratha dynasties and states
This is a list of Maratha dynasties and Maratha princely states.
Historical Maratha dynasties with original clans spread globally
† - States annexed by the British East India Company
Maratha Princely States
The Marathas ruled much of ...
* List of Indian princely states
Before the Partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India, which were not fully and formally part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which had not been conquered or an ...
References
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Princely states of Maharashtra
Sangli district
1686 establishments in Asia