Shahaji (Shahaji Bhonsale, ; 1802 – 5 April 1848) ruled the Indian princely state of

Satara Satara may refer to: Places * Satara (city), Maharashtra, India * Satara district, Maharashtra, India * Satara Lok Sabha constituency * Satara Assembly constituency * Satara railway station * Satara State, a former princely state of British Ind ...

from 1839 until his death in 1848. He was also known as Appa Saheb, and his full titles were ''Shreemant Maharaj Shahaji Bhonsle Raja Chhatrapati of Satara''. He was descendants of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Sambhaji Maharaj. His elder brother

Raja Pratap Singh, Raja of Satara Pratap Singh (; 18 January 1793 – 14 October 1847) was the eighth and last Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy from 1808 to 1818, when he surrendered to the British during the Third Anglo-Maratha War. He was also the Raja of Satara from 1 ...

was dethroned and stripped of his powers and personal possessions by the British

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in 1839. Appa Sahib succeeded his brother under the title Raja Chhatrapati of Satara.The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: a study in history, administration, and culture. By Sumitra Kulkarni (1995) (pages 21, 22, 23, 2

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1802 births 1848 deaths Rajas of Satara {{India-royal-stub

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