The Satara State was a Maratha
rump state
A rump state is the remnant of a once much larger state that was reduced in the wake of secession, annexation, occupation, decolonization, a successful coup d'état or revolution on part of its former territory. In the last case, a government st ...
in India created after the fall of the
Maratha Confederacy
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states under the nominal leadership of the former.
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in 1818 following the
Third Anglo-Maratha War, and annexed by the British in 1849 using the
Doctrine of lapse. The state was ruled by the
Bhonsle dynasty, descendants of
Shivaji
Shivaji I (Shivaji Shahaji Bhonsale, ; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680) was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the Sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the ...
, the founder of the
Maratha kingdom.
The first Raja of the state was Pratap Singh who was installed on the throne by the British after they defeated Peshwa
Bajirao II in 1818.
Pratap Singh was deposed in 1838. His brother,
Shahaji succeeded him but died without a natural heir in 1848. At that time, the
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...
government refused to accept Shahaji's adopted son as his successor under the company's Doctrine of lapse, a policy introduced by the then Governor,
Lord Dalhousie, and absorbed the territory into the growing British dominion.
Rulers of Maratha Empire
Satara State:
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Shivaji I () (Founder of the Maratha Empire and Crowned as Chhatrapati in 1674 at Raigad Fort.)
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Sambhaji () (Son of Shivaji & Fought against Aurangzeb but was captured and executed in 1689.)
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Rajaram I () (Younger son of Shivaji and Rajaram Maharaj died of lung disease in 1700.)
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Shivaji II
Shivaji II (Shivaji Bhonsale, ; 9 June 1696 – 14 March 1726) was the fourth Chhatrapati of the Maratha Kingdom. He was the son of the Maratha Chhatrapati Rajaram I, and his wife Tarabai. He later became the first Raja of Kolhapur State, Ko ...
() (Grandson of Shivaji Maharaj and Released by the Mughals in 1707 after Aurangzeb’s death. His reign saw the rise of the Peshwas, who became the de facto rulers of the Maratha Empire.)
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Shahu I
Shahu I (Shivaji Sambhaji Raje Bhonsale; ; 18 May 1682 – 15 December 1749) was the fifth Chhatrapati or head of state of the Maratha Empire founded by his grandfather, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Shivaji I. He was born into the House of B ...
() (son of Sambhaji and grandson of Chhatrapati Shivaji, he was the first ruler of Satara after the Mughal emperor released him from captivity)
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Rajaram II () (nominally, grandson of Rajaram I) and (Queen Tarabai ruled after Shahu I but had little real power as the Peshwas controlled the administration)
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Shahu II () (His reign saw increasing British interference)
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Pratap Singh () – After the fall of the Peshwas in 1818, He signed a treaty with the East India Company ceding part of the sovereignty of his kingdom to the British company
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Shahji III (APPA SAHEB) () (The last ruler before the British annexed Satara under the Doctrine of Lapse)
* Venkatji (Bhau Saheb) ()
* Pratapsinhji I (Bhau Saheb) ()
* Rajaram III (Abba Saheb) ()
* Shivaji Rajaram (Anna Saheb) ()
* Pratapsinh II (Bhau Saheb) ()
* Shahu (Bala Saheb) ()
* Pratapsinh (Baba Saheb) ()
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Udayanraje Bhosale ()
Territory
The state comprised the modern day
Satara district, and parts of the
Pune district, the
Sangli district, the
Solapur district and the
Bijapur district, Karnataka.
See also
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Kolhapur State
The Kolhapur State was a Maratha princely state of India, under the Deccan Division of the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. It was considered the most important of the Maratha principalities with the others being Baroda Sta ...
References
History of Maharashtra
Maratha Empire
1818 establishments in India
1848 disestablishments
Former monarchies of India
Princely states of Maharashtra
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