Maratha province of Saugor | |||||||||||||
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1735–1818 | |||||||||||||
Status | Province | ||||||||||||
Capital | Sagar | ||||||||||||
Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||||||
Government | Governor | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Early modern | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1735 | ||||||||||||
• Cession to the British after the Third Anglo-Maratha War | 1818 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | India |
The Saugor subha was a province of the Maratha Empire comprising the central Indian territories of the Peshwa or prime minister. It was ruled by hereditary Maratha Pandit governors who had their headquarters at the city of Sagar.[1][2]