| Phaltan State | |||||||||
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| Princely State of British India | |||||||||
| 1284–1948 | |||||||||
 Flag | |||||||||
 Phaltan State, 1918 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1931 | 1,028 km2 (397 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1931 | 58,761 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1284 | ||||||||
| 1948 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Maharashtra, India | ||||||||
Phaltan State[1] was one of the non-salute Maratha princely states of British India. It was ruled by the Nimbalkar clan of the Marathas. It was under the central division of the Bombay Presidency, under the states of the Kolhapur-Deccan Residency, Satara Agency, and later the Deccan States Agency. Its capital was Phaltan town, located in present-day Maharashtra.
It had been one of the Satara Jagirs,[2] which included Bhor, Aundh, Phaltan, Jath, Daphlapur and Akalkot. Its Flag was a rectangular bicolor, orange over green.
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 295.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 345.