Kolhapur State

State of Kolhapur
1710–1949
Flag of Kolhapur
Flag
State Emblem of Kolhapur
State Emblem
Kolhapur State Map, 1912
Kolhapur State Map, 1912
CapitalKolhapur
History 
• Established
1710
• Acceded to Dominion of India
1947
• Merged into Bombay State
1949
Area
19018,332 km2 (3,217 sq mi)
Population
• 1901
910,011
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Maratha Confederacy
India
Today part ofMaharashtra, India
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The Kolhapur State was a Maratha princely state of India, under the Deccan Division of the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency.[1] It was considered the most important of the Maratha principalities with the others being Baroda State, Gwalior State and Indore State. Its rulers, of the Bhonsle dynasty, were entitled to a 19-gun salute – thus Kolhapur was also known as a 19-gun state. The state flag was a swallow-tailed saffron pennant.[2]

New Palace, Kolhapur

Kolhapur State, together with its jagirs or feudatory vassal estates (including Ichalkaranji), covered an area of 3,165 square miles (8,200 km2).[3] According to the 1901 census, the state population was 910,011, of which 54,373 resided in Kolhapur Town. In 1901, the state enjoyed an estimated revenue of £300,000.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Kolhapur State". The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. 15. Oxford at Clarendon Press. 1909. pp. 380–87.
  2. ^ Gazetteer, p. 380
  3. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kolhapur" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 889.
  4. ^ "Kolhapur Princely State (19 gun salute)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2014.