PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
in 1811. Rulers were...
- Har Bhat Patwardhan, a Brahmin (priest) from the area
of Kinkan
rose to
distinction in 1722 during the days of the second Peshwa, he was well
known
for his piety, saintliness and Vedic lore, he was ancestor of the Royal
Families
of Budhgaon, Miraj, Kurundwad, Sangli and Tasgaon (lapsed in 1848), he
married and had issue. He died 1750.
- Balam Bhat Patwardhan
- Raghunath Bhat Patwardhan, married and had issue.
- Bramhibhoot Harbhat Buva Patwardhan, married and had
issue.
- Shrimant TRIMBAKRAO I APPASAHEB PATWARDHAN, founder
of Kurundwad.
- Sardar Govind Hari Patwardhan, founder of Miraj, he was granted the title of
Sardar by the Peshwa, married and had issue.
- Sardar Pandurangrao Patwardhan, married and had
issue. He died at an early age.
- Sardar Hariharrao Patwardha, successor to his
father, but died at the age of 17 years.
- Sardar Chintamanrao Patwardhan I, ruled at Miraj initially, but during one of his
battles, he was rumoured to have died and his uncle then was crowned as
his successor. When Chintamanrao returned he was angry and left the
house with only an idol of Lord Ganesha and vowed to set up another
Capital for his Jagir. As a result he established the city of Sangli in
1801.
- Gangadharrao Patwardhan of Miraj.
- Mahadev Rao Patwardhan
- Ramchandra Rao Patwardhan, married and had
issue.
- Parashuram Rao Patwardhan, married and had issue, 5
sons.
- Ramchandra Rao Patwardhan, married and had issue,
1
son.
- Shrimant GOPAL RAO RAMCHANDRA RAO PATWARDHAN,
founder of Jamkhandi
state,
(see below).
- Haripanth Patwardhan
- Madhav Rao Patwardhan, founder of the
Chinchanikar
branch of Patwardhan
family.
- Vinayak Rao Patwardhan
- Ganpat Rao Patwardhan, founder of the Tasganv
branch
of Patwardhan
family.
- Bhaskar Rao Patwardhan
- Tara Bai
- Krishna Bhat Patwardhan
- Shrimant GOPAL RAO RAMCHANDRA RAO PATWARDHAN 1811/1840,
born 1799,
married
Radha Bai Fadnis, daughter of Fadnis of Pune. He died sp 1840.
- Shrimant RAMCHANDRA RAO GOPAL RAO [APPASAHEB] PATWARDHAN
1840/1897,
born
7th November 1833, son of Antaji Madhavrao [Tatyasaheb] Yadhwadkar,
adopted
18th November 1840 by the widow of his predecessor, succeeded
18th
November 1840 (#1),
installed
on the gaddi 7th January 1853, married 1stly Laxmibai, daughter
of Hari Mahadev Godbole of Tasganv, married 2ndly, Janaki Bai, daughter
of Manohar Joshi of Sangli, married 3rdly, 6th March 1861, Sita Bai,
daughter
of Nene of Shedbal, married 4thly, Parvati Bai, daughter of Apte of
Pali,
she died 30th January 1874, and had issue, 2 sons and 1 daughter. He
died
12th January 1897.
- Gopalrao Ramchandra Rao Patwardhan (by Janaki Bai), born
30th December
1853, died 13th February 1854.
- Capt.(Hon). Sir Shrimant PARASHURAM RAO RAMCHANDRA RAO I
[DHAJISAHEB]
PATWARDHAN,
adopted from the Chinchanikar branch of the Patwardhan family (see
below).
- Manu Bai, married 14th May 1861, Vinayakrao Narayan Joshi
of Satara,
died
13th September 1892, and had issue, 1 son and 3 daughters.
- Bhalchandrarao
- Aau Bai
- Ganga Bai
- Valu Bai
- Capt.(Hon). Sir Shrimant PARASHURAM RAO RAMCHANDRA RAO I
[DHAJISAHEB]
PATWARDHAN
1897/1924, adopted from the Chinchanikar branch of the Patwardhan
family,
Chief of Jamkhandi, born 1883, succeeded 1897, installed 4th June 1903,
K.C.I.E. [cr.1913] (#2), took active part
in
France in 1915, during WW1, in 1918 he was granted a 9-gun salute and
made
Hon. Captain in the British Army, he as a supervisor of Red Cross in
the
Mesopotamia, married 1stly, 1900, Rama Bai Raste, daughter of Bala
Sahib
Raste, from the village of Vai, died 1st October 1907, married 2ndly,
12th
June 1913, Damle, daughter of Damle of Pune and had issue, 1 son
and 1 daughter. He died 25th February 1924 (by being crushed under the
feet of an angry elephant).
- Raja Saheb Shrimant SHANKARRAO PARASHURAMRAO [APPASAHEB]
PATWARDHAN (qv)
- Gajara Bai, married Parashuram alias Bhau Sahib Amatya,
chief of Bavda,
1925.
- Indumati Raje, born 9th February 1919, died
unmarried 2001.
- Raja Saheb Shrimanta
SHANKARRAO PARASHURAMRAO [APPASAHEB]
PATWARDHAN
1924/1947
, K.B.E. [cr.1947], Raja [cr.1935], born 5th November 1906 and
succeeded
25th February 1924, installed 1926, married March 1925, Shrimant
Soubhagyavati
Lady Lilavatibai Sahib, Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal, daughter of Shrimant
Madhavrao Moreshwarrao Pandit, Pant Amatya, Chief Saheb of Bavda
Ramchandra,
and had issue, 1 son. He died 22nd August 1947.
- Raja Saheb Shrimant PARASHURAM RAO II PATWARDHAN (qv)
- Dr.
Indu Patwardhan,
born 14th May 1926, educated at P.B. High School, Jamkhandi and Rajaram
College, Kolhapur; achieved diplomas in Occupational Therapy,
Homeopathy,
Ayurvedic Visharad and Sangeet Visharad, awarded "Dalit Mitra" in
Maharashtra
State and "Tamra Patraprashasti" from Karnataka State. Dr Indu
Patwardhan
left home to join Gandhi's movement of Sabarmati in 1942, later was
trained
as a school teacher by Madam Maria Montessory, and was working at St.
Columbia
High School, Bombay for two months before being selected to join the
then
British India Red Cross and St. John Ambulance. After intensive
training
she was posted to Burma under active service during World War II and
was
the first Indian lady working actively in South East Asia and
thereafter
worked in military hospital, Poona. She was the joint lady camp
commandant
with lady Martten and was responsible for the rehabilitation of
refugees
and women abductees in Pakistan. Later she studied Homeopathy and
started
her own clinic in rural areas of Poona, worked with the Poona Women's
Council,
the troops aid committee. She was a founder member of Poona Blindmen's
Association. In 1965 she started worked with leprosy sufferers and in
1970
established Anandgam for their benefit. She died 8th February 1999.
- Raja Saheb Shrimant PARSHURAM RAO II PATWARDHAN
1947/1952,
born 1926,
last ruling Prince of Jamkhandi, having merged his state in the Indian
Union on 19th February 1948, married and had issue, 2 sons. He died
18th
December 1953.
- Raja Saheb Shrimant PRANAY RAO PARSHURAM RAO PATWARDHAN
(qv)
- Pratik Rao Parshuram Rao Patwardhan, born 9th August
1954, married
Sumita,
daughter of Trivedi of Lucknow.
- Raja Saheb Shrimant PRANAY RAO PARSHURAM RAO PATWARDHAN
(see above)
Courtesy of Abhijit Malwade ©
September 2002 |
