Bhonsle

The Bhonsle were an influential Marathan dynasty in British India .

Members of the family ruled Satara , Thanjavur , Nagpur and Kolhapur in the 17th century .

After the defeat of the Marathas in the Third Marath War , the Bhonsle remained in power as autonomous rulers in their states, but recognized British sovereignty . In the middle of the 19th century the ruling Bhonsle families in Satara, Thanjavur and Nagpur died out and these areas were annexed by the British. Only Kolhapur remained as a princely state until 1947 when it joined India .

literature

• Edward Balfour (Ed.): The Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific; Products of the Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures. 3 volumes. B. Quaritch, London 1885. (Reprint: Akademische Druck- und Verlags-Anstalt, Graz 1967)
• Stewart Gordon: The New Cambridge History of India. The Marathas 1600-1818 . New York 1993, ISBN 0-521-26883-4 .
• Wilfried Westphal: ruler between the Indus and Ganges. Munich 1980, ISBN 3-570-01255-7 .

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