Aundh State
Maratha princely state in the British Raj
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Aundh State was a Maratha princely state during the British Raj, in the Deccan States Agency division of the Bombay Presidency.[1][2]
Princely state (1849–1948)
Aundh State | |||||||||
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| 1699–1948 | |||||||||
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 Aundh State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||||
| Government | Jagir (1699–1849) Princely state (1849–1948) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1699 | ||||||||
| 1948 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1941 | 1,298 km2 (501 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1941 | 88,762 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Maharashtra, 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 a population of 88,762 in 1941.[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] Akalkot, Aundh, Nimsod, Bhor, Daphlapur, Jath, and Phaltan, which were Jagirs of Satara State, became tributaries to the British when Satara state was abolished in 1849.[7] 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.[8][9]
Rulers
Aundh's Hindu rulers used the title of "Pant Pratinidhi".
| Foundation of the state Aundh | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1690[10] / 1699 | ||||
| Princes (Rajas), with the title Pant Pratinidhi[10] | ||||
| From | To | Raja | Born | Died |
| 1697 | 27 May 1718 | Parusharam Trimbak | 1660 | 1718 |
| 1718 | 25 November 1746 | Shrinivasrao Parashuram | 1687 | 1746 |
| 1746 | 1754 | Jagjivanrao Parashuram | 1691 | 1754 |
| 1754 | 5 April 1776 | Shrinivasrao Gangadhar | 1776 | |
| 1776 | 30 August 1777 | Bhagwant Rao | 1777 | |
| 30 August 1777 | 11 June 1848 | Parashuramrao Shrinivas I "Thoto Pant" (Peshwa prisoner 1806–1818) | 1777 | 1848 |
| 11 June 1848 | 1901 | Shrinivasrao Parashuram "Anna Sahib" | 27 November 1833 | 1901 |
| 1901 | 1905 | Parashuramrao Shrinivas II "Dada Sahib" | 17 February 1858 | 1905 |
| 3 November 1905 | 4 November 1909 | Gopalkrishnarao Parashuram "Nana Sahib" | 26 January 1879 | |
| 4 November 1909 | 15 August 1947 | Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi "Bala Sahib" | 24 October 1868 | 13 April 1951 |
| Prime-minister[10] | ||||
| From | To | Raja | Born | Died |
| 1944 | 1948 | Parshuram Rao Pant "Appa Sahib"[11] | 1912-09-11 | 1992-10-05 |