Aundh State

Aundh State
1699–1948
Flag
Aundh State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Government	Jagir (1699–1849) Princely state (1849–1948)
History
• Established	1699
•  Independence of India	1948
Area
1941	1,298 km2 (501 sq mi)
Population
• 1941	88,762
Preceded by Succeeded by Maratha Empire India
Today part of	Maharashtra, India
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aundh". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Aundh State was a Maratha princely state during the British Raj, in the Deccan States Agency division of the Bombay Presidency. ^{[1] [2]}

The Principality of Aundh covered an area of 1298 square kilometers with a population of 88,762 in 1941. ^[3]

The capital of the state was Aundh. ^[3]

History

Aundh was a Jagir granted by Chhatrapati Sambhaji to Parshuram Trimbak Pant Pratinidhi, who was a general, administrator and later Pratinidhi of the Maratha Empire during the reign of Chhatrapati Sambhaji and Chhatrapati Rajaram. ^[4] He played a crucial role in re-capturing Panhala Fort, Ajinkyatara (at Satara), Bhupalgad forts from Mughals during period of 1700–1705. ^[5]

After the fall of Peshwa rule, the British East India company entered separate treaties in 1820 with all the Jagirdars who were nominally subordinate to the Raja of Satara. ^[6] Akalkot, Aundh, Nimsod, Bhor, Daphlapur, Jath, and Phaltan, which were Jagirs of Satara State, became tributaries to the British when Satara state was abolished in 1849. ^[7] The last ruler of the Aundh was Raja Shrimant Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi ("Bala Sahib"). The state joined the Union of India on 8 March 1948. ^{[8] [9]}

Rulers

Aundh's Hindu rulers used the title of "Pant Pratinidhi".

Foundation of the state Aundh
1690 [10] / 1699
Princes (Rajas), with the title Pant Pratinidhi [10]
From	To	Raja	Born	Died
1697	27 May 1718	Parusharam Trimbak	1660	1718
1718	25 November 1746	Shrinivasrao Parashuram	1687	1746
1746	1754	Jagjivanrao Parashuram	1691	1754
1754	5 April 1776	Shrinivasrao Gangadhar		1776
1776	30 August 1777	Bhagwant Rao		1777
30 August 1777	11 June 1848	Parashuramrao Shrinivas I "Thoto Pant" (Peshwa prisoner 1806–1818)	1777	1848
11 June 1848	1901	Shrinivasrao Parashuram "Anna Sahib"	27 November 1833	1901
1901	1905	Parashuramrao Shrinivas II "Dada Sahib"	17 February 1858	1905
3 November 1905	4 November 1909	Gopalkrishnarao Parashuram "Nana Sahib"	26 January 1879
4 November 1909	15 August 1947	Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi "Bala Sahib"	24 October 1868	13 April 1951
Prime-minister [10] [10]
From	To	Raja	Born	Died
1944	1948	Parshuram Rao Pant "Appa Sahib" [11]	1912-09-11	1992-10-05

The Line is nominally Continued
From	To	Raja	Born	Died
1951	1962	Shrimant Bhagwant Rao Trimbak "Bapu Sahib" [12]	1919	2007-04-08

See also

• Shree Mulpeeth Yamai Devi Temple
• Pant Pratinidhi family
• Aundh Experiment
• List of Indian princely states

References

1. I. Copland. State, Community and Neighbourhood in Princely North India, c. 1900-1950. Springer. p. 95. Retrieved 26 April 2005.
2. Ian Copland. The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947. Cambridge University Press. p. 214. Retrieved 16 May 2002.
3. Rothermund 1983, p. 9.
4. Bond 2006, p. 773.
5. Gurcharn Singh Sandhu (2003). A military history of medieval India. Vision Books. p. 648.
6. Sumitra Kulkarni (1995). The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture. Mittal Publications. p. 18. ISBN   978-81-7099-581-4.
7. Hunter, William Wilson (1887). The Imperial Gazetteer of India . Vol. 12 (2 ed.). Trübner & Co. p.  285.
8. "Aundh Princely State". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
9. Rothermund 1983, p. xvii.
10. Princely States of India A-J
11. "Aundh princely state rulers". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
12. Who's who in India, Burma & Ceylon. p. 75. Heir apparent- -Shrimant Bhagwant- rao alias Bapusaheb (nominal)

Bibliography

• Rothermund, Indira (1983). The Aundh Experiment: A Gandhian Grass-roots Democracy. Somaiya Publications.
• Pant, Apa (1989). An Unusual Raja: Mahatma Gandhi and the Aundh Experiment. Sangam Books.
• Bond, J.W (2006). Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey. Asian Educational Services.
• Pant, Apa (1990). An Extended Family Or Fellow Pilgrims. Sangam Books.

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