Satara State Explained

Flag Caption:Flag
Status:Princely state of the British East India Company
Conventional Long Name:Satara State
Common Name:Satara State
P1:Maratha Empire
S1:Company rule in India
Flag Border:no
Flag:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg
Image Map Caption:Satara State in 1832
Capital:Satara
Religion:Hinduism and other minority religions
Common Languages:Marathi (official)
Government Type:Monarchy
Title Leader:Chhatrapati/Raja
Leader1:Pratap Singh, Raja of Satara (first)
Year Leader1:1818 1839
Leader2:Raja Shahaji of Satara (last)
Year Leader2:1839 1849
Currency:Rupee, Paisa, Shivrai
Today:Satara district
also, Parts of
Pune district
Sangli district
Solapur district
Bijapur district, Karnataka

Satara State was a Maratha rump state later Princely state in India created after the fall of the Maratha Confederacy in 1818 after the Third Anglo-Maratha War and annexed by the British in 1849 using the Doctrine of lapse. The state was ruled by the Bhonsle dynasty, descendants of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. The first Raja of the state was Pratap Singh who was installed on the throne by the British after they defeated Peshwa Bajirao II in 1818. Pratap Singh was deposed in 1838. His brother, Shahaji succeeded him but died without a natural heir in 1848. At that time, the East India Company government refused to accept Shahaji's adopted son as his successor under the company's Doctrine of lapse, a policy introduced by the then Governor, Lord Dalhousie, and absorbed the territory into the growing British dominion.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kulkarni. Sumitra. The Satara raj, 1818-1848 : a study in history, administration, and culture. 1995. Mittal Publications. New Delhi. 9788170995814. 2–3. 1st.
  2. Book: Ramusack. Barbara N.. The Indian princes and their states. 2007. Cambridge Univ. Press. Cambridge. 978-0521039895. 81–82. Digitally print. version.. 13 October 2016.