SAVANTVADI (Princely State)

(9 gun salute)

 
AREA: 2,409 km2 PRIVY PURSE: 107,500R  ACCESSION: 8th March 1948
STATE: Bombay  DYNASTY: Bhonsle  RELIGION: Hindu
     
PRESENT RULER: HH Raja Bahadur KHEM SAVANT BHONSLE VI
married and has issue, two daughters.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founded in 1627. Rulers were.....
  • Raja Sar Desai KHEM SAVANT BHONSLE I 1627/1640
  • Raja Sar Desai LAKHAM SAVANT BHONSLE 1640/1665 
  • Raja Sar Desai PHOND SAVANT BHONSLE I 1665/1675
  • Raja Sar Desai KHEM SAVANT BHONSLE II 1675/1709, founded the town of Savantvadi as the capital of the state in 1692.
  • Raja Sar Desai PHOND SAVANT BHONSLE II 1709/1738
  • Raja Sar Desai RAMKHANDER SAVANT BHONSLE I 1738/1755
  • Raja Bahadur KHEM SAVANT BHONSLE III 1755/1803 , Raja Bahadur [cr.1763], died 1803.
  • Rani Lakshmi Bai 1803/1805 (regent)
  • Raja Bahadur RAMKHANDER SAVANT BHONSLE II 1805/1807
  • Rani Durga Bai 1807/1818 (regent)
  • Raja Bahadur PHOND SAVANT BHONSLE III 1807/1812
  • Raja Bahadur KHEM SAVANT BHONSLE IV 1812/1867, born 1804, died 1867
  • Raja Bahadur PHOND SAVANT BHONSLE IV 1867/1869
  • Raja Bahadur RAGHUNATH SAVANT BHONSLE Raje Bahadur 1869/1899, born 20th September 1862, succeeded 29th August 1870 (#1), Sar Desai of Savantvadi, married 21st December 1879, Rani Tara Bai Sahib of Baroda.
  • HH Raja Bahadur RAM SAVANT BHONSLE 1899/1913 
  • HH Raja Bahadur KHEM SAVANT BHONSLE V 1913/1937, born 1897, married, 1922, HH Rani Lakshmi Devi of Baroda, and had issue. He died 1937.
    • Rajkumari Satyavatiraje Bhonsle, married Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Ajitsinh Yeshwantrao Ghatge Sarjerao of Kagal-Junior, and has issue.
  • HH Raja Bahadur SHIVRAM SAVANT BHONSLE 1937/- , born 1927 in Poonch, married, HH Rani Satwashiladevi Sahib, born about 1935, daughter of HH Maharaja Sir PRATAPSINGH RAO GAEKWAD of Baroda.
  • HH Raja Bahadur KHEM SAVANT BHONSLE VI (see above)
 
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1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p. 487