Miraj (state)
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| Miraj (approx. 1750–1820) Miraj Senior (1820–1948) |
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| Capital | Miraj | ||||
| Form of government | Princely State | ||||
| surface | 885 km² | ||||
| population | 108,000 (1941) | ||||
| founding | 1820 | ||||
| resolution | March 8, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Patwardhan |
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| Miraj Junior (1820-1948) | |||||
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| Form of government | Princely State | ||||
| surface | 508 km² | ||||
| population | 35,806 (1941) | ||||
| founding | 1820 | ||||
| resolution | March 8, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Patwardhan |
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Miraj was a princely state of British India on the Deccan Plateau in today's states of Maharashtra and Karnataka . Its capital was the place Miraj .
The Brahmin Har Bhat Patwardhan rose in the service of the Peshwa of the Marathas ; he was the ancestor of the princes of Budhgaon , Miraj, Kurundwad , Sangli , Jamkhandi and Tasgaon . Govind Rao Patwardhan became Raja of Miraj around 1750 . Gangadhar Rao Patwardhan (1801-20), expelled his nephew, who retired to Sangli. 1818-1947 Miraj was a British protectorate . In 1820 the estate was divided into the lines Miraj Senior and Junior. Miraj Senior had an area of 885 square kilometers and 108,000 inhabitants in 1941, Miraj Junior 508 square kilometers and 36,000 inhabitants (1901). Both parts consisted of scattered villages in the districts of Satara , Belgaum , Solapur and Dharwad .
After Great Britain decided on July 18, 1947 to give India and Pakistan independence (see History of India ), Miraj first became independent, and the Rajas together with 14 other princes founded the United Deccan States , which on February 5, 1948 the State of Bombay were incorporated. On March 8th, the Rajas formally joined India. In 1956, the southern villages came to the state of Mysore (renamed Karnataka in 1973 ) by the States Reorganization Act , the rest remained with Bombay, from which the state of Maharashtra emerged in 1960 .
literature
- George B. Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1875, ( digitized version ).
- Mirāj State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 17: Mahbūbābād to Morādābād. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 361-362 .
- Joseph E. Schwartzberg (Ed.): A historical atlas of South Asia (= Association for Asian Studies. Reference Series. 2). 2nd impression, with additional material. Oxford University Press, New York NY et al. 1992, ISBN 0-19-506869-6 .
