PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: For
predecessors see Jamkhandi.The state
of Miraj was founded before 1750 and split into Senior and Junior
branch's
in 1820. It was the former capital of the Pre British Indian State of
Sangli
and lies in the Southern part of the present state of Maharashtra.
Rulers
were...
- Raja GOVIND RAO PATWARDHAN, 1st Ruler of Miraj, began as a
commandant
of
the body of horse, distinguished himself in several expeditions against
the Nizam of Hydrabad and Hyder Ali of Mysore, established the Maratha
ascendency in Southern India and pushed the Maratha Conquests to the
Tungbhadra
on the frontier of Mysore, appointed Sardar by the Peshwa, took an
active part in all the main events
of
the third Peshwa's reign and, in 1761, recieved an annual income of
2,541,900Rs
for the expense of 8,000 horse to be maintained by him, married and had
issue. He died in 1771.
- Raja VAMAN RAO PATWARDHAN (qv)
- Raja PANDURANG RAO PATWARDHAN (qv)
- Raja GANGADHAR RAO PATWARDHAN (qv)
- Raja VAMAN RAO PATWARDHAN 1771/1775, inherited his father's
military
talents
and was able to inflict a defeat on Haider Ali of Mysore. He died in
1775.
- Raja PANDURANG RAO PATWARDHAN 1775/1777, married and had
issue.
- Raja HARIHAR RAO PATWARDHAN (qv)
- Raja CHINTAMAN RAO PATWARDHAN (qv)
- Raja HARIHAR RAO PATWARDHAN 1777/1782, born about 1765,
died 1782.
- Raja CHINTAMAN RAO PATWARDHAN [APPA SAHEB] 1782/1801,
born 1775, in 1801, during one of his battles, he was rumoured to have
died and therefore his uncle, Gangadharrao crowned himself as Raja of
Miraj. When Raja Chintamanrao returned he was
angry and left the state with only an idol of Lord Ganesha and he vowed
to set up another Capital for his Jagir, and thus he became the first
Ruler of Sangli (#1).
- Raja GANGADHAR RAO PATWARDHAN 1801/1820, second ruler of
Sangli.
- Raja GANPATRAO I PATWARDHAN 1820/1833
- Raja GANPATRAO II PATWARDHAN 1833/1875
- Raja Sir GANGADHARRAO GANESH [BALA SAHEB] PATWARDHAN
1875/1939, born
1866,
K.C.I.E. [cr.1903].
- Raja NARAYANRAO GANGADHARRAO [TATYA SAHEB] PATWARDHAN
1939/- , born 6th
September 1898, succeeded 11th December 1939, married and had issue.
- HH Raja Shri MADHAVRAO NARAYANRAO [RAO SAHEB] PATWARDHAN
(qv)
- Shrimant Mangalaraje Patwardhan
- HH Raja Shri MADHAVRAO NARAYANRAO [RAO SAHEB] PATWARDHAN
-/1999, born
17th
April 1922, married Rani Indumatiraje and had issue. He died 25th March
1999 in Pune.
- Ganpatrao [Bhausaheb] Patwardhan, married Rani Shrimant
Gayatri Devi, and has issue.
- Rajkumari Nandita Raje, born c1978, married 28th
November 2004, Sumeer Kalmadi, born 1974, son of Suresh and Meera
Kalmadi.
- Balasaheb Patwardhan
OTHER MEMBERS:
- G.G. Patwardhan, grandson of the late Raja
- Radhikadevi Patwardhan
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