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 a M ...

princely states of

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, one of the former Southern Maratha

Jagir A jagir ( fa, , translit=Jāgir), also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar (Zamindar) system. It developed during the Islamic rule era of the Indian subcontinent, start ...

s. 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 Jath State, was one of the non-salute Maratha princely states of British India, one of the former Southern Maratha Jagirs. Jath State and Daphlapur State were the only two states belonging to the Bijapur Agency under the Bombay Presidency, w ...

under the

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, which later became part of the Deccan States Agency. 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 Jat is a town and taluka headquarters in Miraj subdivision of Sangli district in southern Maharashtra. History Jat was the capital of a former Maratha jagir ruled by Dafales. Most of the dynasty period it was affiliated with Bijapur. For so ...

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

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ruling family of Jath State were Dafles of the

Chavan clan, descendants of Lakhmajirao Yeldojirao Chavan, the Patil of Daphlapur. Lakhmajirao Yeldojirao Chavan entered the service of King Ali Adil Shah of

Bijapur Bijapur, officially known as Vijayapura, is the district headquarters of Bijapur district of the Karnataka state of India. It is also the headquarters for Bijapur Taluk. Bijapur city is well known for its historical monuments of architectural ...

, and received a Desmukhi Watan of four Mahals in 1672. The

s of Jath and Karajagi were conferred on his son in 1680. Emperor

Aurangzeb Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...

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

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

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of £700. Its flag was an orange rectangle with a four-pointed star in the upper left hand corner.

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 The Rajkumar College (or RKC) in Rajkot, Gujarat is one of the oldest K-12 institutions in India. RKC has a 26-acre (105,000 m²) campus in Rajkot. History The foundation stone of Rajkumar College was laid in 1868. The institution was designe ...

, was the last ruler of Jath. Jath joined the

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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 o ...

District in the state of

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. Regarded as something of a model ruler, Vijaysinhrao, the last sovereign ruler received the hereditary title of

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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

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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"

References

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History

Rulers of Jath

Deshmukhs

Raja

See also

References