Savanur (State)
| Savanur | |||||
| 1818-1948 | |||||
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| Capital | Savanur | ||||
| Form of government | Princely State | ||||
| surface | 181 km² | ||||
| population | 18,446 (1901) | ||||
| founding | 1818 | ||||
| resolution | March 8, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Islam Dynasty: Miyana Pathan |
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Savanur was a princely state of British India on the Deccan Plateau in what is now the state of Karnataka . Its capital was Savanur in what is now the Haveri district .
With an area of 181 square kilometers and 18,446 inhabitants (1901) Savanur was one of the smaller princely states. Savanur was completely enclosed by the Dharwad District of the Bombay Presidency . The state was subordinate to the district chief ( collector ) of Dharwad.
Savanur was ruled by a Muslim dynasty of Pathan origin. The founder of the dynasty, Abdul Rauf Khan, had received a fief ( jagir ) from the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb in 1680 . After the end of the Third Maraths War (1817-1818) Savanur became a British protectorate . After Indian independence in 1947, Savanur merged with 15 other princely states to form the United Deccan States , which were incorporated into the state of Bombay on February 5, 1948. Through the States Reorganization Act , the area of Savanur came to the state of Mysore in 1956 (renamed Karnataka in 1973 ).
