Satara State
Satara State | |||||||||
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| 1818–1849 | |||||||||
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.jpg) Satara State in 1832. | |||||||||
| Capital | Satara | ||||||||
| Common languages | Marathi (official), and Kannada | ||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism and other minority religions | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Chhatrapati (Emperor) | |||||||||
• 1818 – 1839 | Pratap Singh, Raja of Satara (first) | ||||||||
• 1839 – 1849 | Raja Shahaji of Satara (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1818 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1849 | ||||||||
| Currency | Rupee, Paisa, Shivrai | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Satara district also, Parts of Pune district Sangli district Solapur district Bijapur district, Karnataka | ||||||||
Satara state was a short-lived Princely state created by the British in 1818 after the Third Anglo-Maratha War and annexed by them in 1849 using the Doctrine of lapse. The state was ruled by descendants of Chhatrapati Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. The first Raja of the state was Pratap Singh who was freed 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 government refused to accept Shahaji's adopted son as his successor and absorbed the territory into the growing British dominion.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ Kulkarni, Sumitra (1995). The Satara raj, 1818-1848 : a study in history, administration, and culture (1st ed.). New Delhi: Mittal Publications. pp. 2–3. ISBN 9788170995814.
- ^ Ramusack, Barbara N. (2007). The Indian princes and their states (Digitally print. version. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-0521039895. Retrieved 13 October 2016.