Sangli State

Sangli State
State Within the Maratha Confederacy (1782 - 1818)
Princely State of British India
1782–1948
Flag of Sangli
Flag

Sangli State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area 
• 1901
2,880 km2 (1,110 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
137,268
History 
• Established
1782
1948
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Maratha Empire
India
Today part ofMaharashtra, India
A 1934 stamped paper from Sangli State.

Sangli State was one of the 11-gun salute Maratha princely states of British India. It was under the Kolhapur-Deccan Residency in the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency.

The Principality of Sangli covered an area of 2,880 square kilometers and had a population of 226,128 in 1901, while the population of the town itself was 16,829 in that year.

The capital of the state was Sangli.[1] The city derives its name from "Saha Galli" ("Six Lanes" in Marathi).

  1. ^ "Sangli | India". britannica.com.