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	The '''Patwardhan Maratha princely state''' was established by the [[Patwardhan]] family, ruling several parts of the [[Maratha Empire]] from 1733 till 1948, when it acceded to the [[Dominion of India]]. At its peak, various branches of the dynasty controlled several [[Jagir]]s within the Maratha Empire, and later became protectorate [[Princely state]]s in [[British India]].{{Citation needed\|date=February 2024}}		The '''Patwardhan Maratha princely state''' was established by the [[Patwardhan]] family, ruling several parts of the [[Maratha Empire]] from 1733 till 1948, when it acceded to the [[Dominion of India]]. At its peak, various branches of the dynasty controlled several [[Jagir]]s within the Maratha Empire, and later became protectorate [[Princely state]]s in [[British India]].{{Citation needed\|date=February 2024}}

	The branches of the dynasty, in order of creation: [[Kurundvad Senior]] (est. 1733), [[Miraj Senior]] (est. 1750), [[Sangli State\|Sangli]] (est. 1782), [[Tasgaon]] (est. 1808), [[Jamkhandi State\|Jamkhandi]] (est. 1811), [[Miraj Junior]] (est. 1820), and [[Kurundvad Junior]] (est. 1854).~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite book \|last=Pratul Chandra Gupta \|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279666 \|title=Baji Rao Ii And The East India Company 1796 1818 By Pratul Chandra Gupta \|date=1939}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		The branches of the dynasty, in order of creation: [[Kurundvad Senior]] (est. 1733), [[Miraj Senior]] (est. 1750), [[Sangli State\|Sangli]] (est. 1782), [[Tasgaon]] (est. 1808), [[Jamkhandi State\|Jamkhandi]] (est. 1811), [[Miraj Junior]] (est. 1820), and [[Kurundvad Junior]] (est. 1854).<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Pratul Chandra Gupta \|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279666 \|title=Baji Rao Ii And The East India Company 1796 1818 By Pratul Chandra Gupta \|date=1939}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	The Patwardhan family were originally from the village of Kotawde in [[Ratnagiri]], in the present-day state of [[Maharashtra]]. The patriarch of the family, Hari Bhat, was the family priest for another Chitpavan Brahmin family, the Joshi family, who served as the Chiefs of [[Ichalkaranji]]. Three of Haribhat's sons served the [[Peshwa]]s and distinguished themselves during various military campaigns. They were each rewarded for their efforts with a [[Jagir]], together covering all the land between the [[Tungabhadra River\|Tungabhadra]] and [[Krishna River]]s. Although significantly reduced in size, their Jagirs were later to be raised to the status of [[Princely state]] under the British Raj, and the Rajas of Jamkhandi, Kurundwad, Miraj, and Sangli were all lineal descendants of these Patwardhan brothers.~~<~~ref name=Jadeja-DH~~>~~{{cite news\|last1=Jadeja\|first1=Arjunsinh\|title=The migrant rulers of Jamkhandi\|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/364366/migrant-rulers-jamkhandi.html\|access-date=2 February 2015\|issue=Bangalore\|publisher=Deccan Herald\|date=22 October 2013}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~{{verification failed\|date=February 2024}}		The Patwardhan family were originally from the village of Kotawde in [[Ratnagiri]], in the present-day state of [[Maharashtra]]. The patriarch of the family, Hari Bhat, was the family priest for another Chitpavan Brahmin family, the Joshi family, who served as the Chiefs of [[Ichalkaranji]]. Three of Haribhat's sons served the [[Peshwa]]s and distinguished themselves during various military campaigns. They were each rewarded for their efforts with a [[Jagir]], together covering all the land between the [[Tungabhadra River\|Tungabhadra]] and [[Krishna River]]s. Although significantly reduced in size, their Jagirs were later to be raised to the status of [[Princely state]] under the British Raj, and the Rajas of Jamkhandi, Kurundwad, Miraj, and Sangli were all lineal descendants of these Patwardhan brothers.<ref name=Jadeja-DH>{{cite news\|last1=Jadeja\|first1=Arjunsinh\|title=The migrant rulers of Jamkhandi\|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/364366/migrant-rulers-jamkhandi.html\|access-date=2 February 2015\|issue=Bangalore\|publisher=Deccan Herald\|date=22 October 2013}}</ref>{{verification failed\|date=February 2024}}

	After the [[Treaty of Salbai]] aligned the Marathi with the British, the three Patwardhan chiefs lent their armies in the British campaign against [[Tipu Sultan]]. They gained a reputation of heroism and success in battle. Their contributions became highly valued by the British, and in 1804 [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington\|Arthur Wellesley]] called the Patwardhans "the most ancient friends that the British Government have in the Maratha Empire" and "the most respectable of all the Peshwa's subjects properly so called".~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite book \|last1=Gordon \|first1=Stewart \|title=The Marathas 1600–1818 \|date=2007 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|isbn=978-0-521-03316-9 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHK-BhVXOU4C&q=patwardhans+are+chitpavan+brahmins&pg=PA174 \|language=en}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~{{page needed\|date=February 2024}}		After the [[Treaty of Salbai]] aligned the Marathi with the British, the three Patwardhan chiefs lent their armies in the British campaign against [[Tipu Sultan]]. They gained a reputation of heroism and success in battle. Their contributions became highly valued by the British, and in 1804 [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington\|Arthur Wellesley]] called the Patwardhans "the most ancient friends that the British Government have in the Maratha Empire" and "the most respectable of all the Peshwa's subjects properly so called".<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Gordon \|first1=Stewart \|title=The Marathas 1600–1818 \|date=2007 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|isbn=978-0-521-03316-9 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHK-BhVXOU4C&q=patwardhans+are+chitpavan+brahmins&pg=PA174 \|language=en}}</ref>{{page needed\|date=February 2024}}

	==References==		==References==

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	The '''Patwardhan ~~dynasty~~''' was ~~an Indian dynasty~~ established by the ~~[[Chitpavan]] [[Brahmin]]~~ [[Patwardhan]] family, ruling several parts of the [[Maratha Empire]] from 1733 till 1948, when it acceded to the [[Dominion of India]]. At its peak, various branches of the dynasty controlled several [[Jagir]]s within the Maratha Empire, and later became protectorate [[Princely state]]s in [[British India]].		The '''Patwardhan Maratha princely state''' was established by the [[Patwardhan]] family, ruling several parts of the [[Maratha Empire]] from 1733 till 1948, when it acceded to the [[Dominion of India]]. At its peak, various branches of the dynasty controlled several [[Jagir]]s within the Maratha Empire, and later became protectorate [[Princely state]]s in [[British India]].{{Citation needed\|date=February 2024}}

	The branches of the dynasty, in order of creation: [[Kurundvad Senior]] (est. 1733), [[Miraj Senior]] (est. 1750), [[Sangli State\|Sangli]] (est. 1782), [[~~Tasgaon State\|~~Tasgaon]] (est. 1808), [[Jamkhandi State\|Jamkhandi]] (est. 1811), [[Miraj Junior]] (est. 1820), and [[Kurundvad Junior]] (est. 1854).		The branches of the dynasty, in order of creation: [[Kurundvad Senior]] (est. 1733), [[Miraj Senior]] (est. 1750), [[Sangli State\|Sangli]] (est. 1782), [[Tasgaon]] (est. 1808), [[Jamkhandi State\|Jamkhandi]] (est. 1811), [[Miraj Junior]] (est. 1820), and [[Kurundvad Junior]] (est. 1854).<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Pratul Chandra Gupta \|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279666 \|title=Baji Rao Ii And The East India Company 1796 1818 By Pratul Chandra Gupta \|date=1939}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	The Patwardhan family were ~~of the [[Chitpavan]] [[Brahmin]] [[caste]],~~ originally from the village of [[Kotawde]] in [[Ratnagiri]], in the present day state of [[Maharashtra]]. The patriarch of the family, ~~Haribhat~~, was the family priest for another Chitpavan Brahmin family, the Joshi family, who served as the Chiefs of [[Ichalkaranji]]. Three of Haribhat's sons served the [[Peshwa]]s and distinguished themselves during various military campaigns. They were each rewarded for their efforts with a [[Jagir]], together covering all the land between the [[Tungabhadra River\|Tungabhadra]] and [[Krishna River]]s. Although significantly reduced in size, their Jagirs were later to be raised to the status of [[Princely state]] under the British Raj, and the Rajas of Jamkhandi, Kurundwad, Miraj and Sangli were all lineal descendants of these Patwardhan brothers.<ref name=Jadeja-DH>{{cite news\|last1=Jadeja\|first1=Arjunsinh\|title=The migrant rulers of Jamkhandi\|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/364366/migrant-rulers-jamkhandi.html\|access-date=2 February 2015\|issue=Bangalore\|publisher=Deccan Herald\|date=22 October 2013}}</ref>		The Patwardhan family were originally from the village of Kotawde in [[Ratnagiri]], in the present-day state of [[Maharashtra]]. The patriarch of the family, Hari Bhat, was the family priest for another Chitpavan Brahmin family, the Joshi family, who served as the Chiefs of [[Ichalkaranji]]. Three of Haribhat's sons served the [[Peshwa]]s and distinguished themselves during various military campaigns. They were each rewarded for their efforts with a [[Jagir]], together covering all the land between the [[Tungabhadra River\|Tungabhadra]] and [[Krishna River]]s. Although significantly reduced in size, their Jagirs were later to be raised to the status of [[Princely state]] under the British Raj, and the Rajas of Jamkhandi, Kurundwad, Miraj, and Sangli were all lineal descendants of these Patwardhan brothers.<ref name=Jadeja-DH>{{cite news\|last1=Jadeja\|first1=Arjunsinh\|title=The migrant rulers of Jamkhandi\|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/364366/migrant-rulers-jamkhandi.html\|access-date=2 February 2015\|issue=Bangalore\|publisher=Deccan Herald\|date=22 October 2013}}</ref>{{verification failed\|date=February 2024}}

	After the [[Treaty of Salbai]] aligned the Marathi with the British, the three Patwardhan chiefs lent their armies in the British campaign against [[Tipu Sultan]]. They gained a reputation of heroism and success in battle. Their contributions became highly valued by the British, and in 1804 [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington\|Arthur Wellesley]] called the Patwardhans "the most ancient friends that the British Government have in the Maratha Empire" and "the most respectable of all the Peshwa's subjects properly so called".<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Gordon \|first1=Stewart \|title=The Marathas ~~1600-1818~~ \|date=2007 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|isbn=978-0-521-03316-9 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHK-BhVXOU4C&q=patwardhans+are+chitpavan+brahmins&pg=PA174 \|language=en}}</ref>		After the [[Treaty of Salbai]] aligned the Marathi with the British, the three Patwardhan chiefs lent their armies in the British campaign against [[Tipu Sultan]]. They gained a reputation of heroism and success in battle. Their contributions became highly valued by the British, and in 1804 [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington\|Arthur Wellesley]] called the Patwardhans "the most ancient friends that the British Government have in the Maratha Empire" and "the most respectable of all the Peshwa's subjects properly so called".<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Gordon \|first1=Stewart \|title=The Marathas 1600–1818 \|date=2007 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|isbn=978-0-521-03316-9 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHK-BhVXOU4C&q=patwardhans+are+chitpavan+brahmins&pg=PA174 \|language=en}}</ref>{{page needed\|date=February 2024}}

	~~==Branches==~~
	~~===Kurundvad Senior===~~
	This branch was established in 1733 by [[Trimbakrao I of Kurundvad]]. This state became a British protectorate on 5 May 1819, and gained seniority when a junior branch split on 5 April 1854, forming the [[Kurundvad Junior]] State.{{cn\|date=July 2020}}

	~~===Miraj Senior===~~
	~~This branch was established in 1750 by [[Govindrao I of Miraj]]. This branch gained seniority when a junior branch split in 1820.{{cn\|date=July 2020}}~~

	~~===Sangli State===~~
	This branch was established in 1782 by [[Chintamanrao I of Sangli]]. This state also became a British protectorate on 5 May 1819. This state later became a [[Salute state]], with a hereditary salute of 11 guns.{{cn\|date=July 2020}}

	~~===Tasgaon State===~~
	This branch was established in 1808 and was lapsed under [[Lord Dalhousie]]'s [[Doctrine of Lapse]] in 1848.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Hunter \|first1=William Wilson \|last2=Cotton \|first2=James Sutherland \|last3=Burn \|first3=Richard \|last4=Meyer \|first4=William Stevenson \|last5=Office \|first5=Great Britain India \|title=Imperial gazetteer of India \|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ \|website=dsal.uchicago.edu \|date=1931}}</ref>

	~~===Jamkhandi State===~~
	~~This branch was established in 1811 by [[Gopalrao Ramchandrarao of Jamkhandi]].{{cn\|date=July 2020}}~~

	~~===Miraj Junior===~~
	~~This branch was established in 1820 by [[Madhavrao I of Miraj Junior]].{{cn\|date=July 2020}}~~

	~~===Kurundvad Junior===~~
	~~This branch was established in 1854, after [[Trimbakrao of Kurundvad Junior]] and [[Vinayakrao of Kurundvad Junior]] split from the senior branch. They ruled jointly.~~{{cn\|date=~~July 2020~~}}

	==References==		==References==
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			==Bibliography==
			*{{cite book \|last1=Patwardhan \|first1=V. G. \|title=चित्पावन कौण्डिन्य गोत्री पटवर्धन कुलवृत्तांत \|trans-title=Genealogy of the Chitpavan Patwardhan Family belonging to the Kaundinya Gotra \|date=1958 \|publisher=V. G. Patwardhan \|location=[[Sangli]] \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbXNHAAACAAJ \|language=mr \|oclc=23868645 \|lccn=79912249 \|via=[[Google Books]]}}

	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Deccan States Agency]]		*[[Deccan States Agency]]
	*[[List of Maratha dynasties and states]]		*[[List of Maratha dynasties and states]]
	*[[List of Brahmin dynasties and states]]		*[[List of princely states of British India (alphabetical)\|sh India (alphabetical)]]
	*[[List of princely states of British India (alphabetical)]]

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The '''Patwardhan dynasty''' was an Indian dynasty established by the [[Chitpavan]] [[Brahmin]] [[Patwardhan]] family, ruling several parts of the [[Maratha Empire]] from 1733 till 1948, when it acceded to the [[Dominion of India]]. At its peak, various branches of the dynasty controlled several [[Jagir]]s within the Maratha Empire, and later became protectorate [[Princely state]]s in [[British India]].

The branches of the dynasty, in order of creation: [[Kurundvad Senior]] (est. 1733), [[Miraj Senior]] (est. 1750), [[Sangli State|Sangli]] (est. 1782), [[Tasgaon State|Tasgaon]] (est. 1808), [[Jamkhandi State|Jamkhandi]] (est. 1811), [[Miraj Junior]] (est. 1820), and [[Kurundvad Junior]] (est. 1854).

==History==
The Patwardhan family were of the [[Chitpavan]] [[Brahmin]] [[caste]], originally from the village of [[Kotawde]] in [[Ratnagiri]], in the present day state of [[Maharashtra]]. The patriarch of the family, Haribhat, was the family priest for another Chitpavan Brahmin family, the Joshi family, who served as the Chiefs of [[Ichalkaranji]]. Three of Haribhat's sons served the [[Peshwa]]s and distinguished themselves during various military campaigns. They were each rewarded for their efforts with a [[Jagir]], together covering all the land between the [[Tungabhadra River|Tungabhadra]] and [[Krishna River]]s. Although significantly reduced in size, their Jagirs were later to be raised to the status of [[Princely state]] under the British Raj, and the Rajas of Jamkhandi, Kurundwad, Miraj and Sangli were all lineal descendants of these Patwardhan brothers.<ref name=Jadeja-DH>{{cite news|last1=Jadeja|first1=Arjunsinh|title=The migrant rulers of Jamkhandi|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/364366/migrant-rulers-jamkhandi.html|access-date=2 February 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=22 October 2013}}</ref>

After the [[Treaty of Salbai]] aligned the Marathi with the British, the three Patwardhan chiefs lent their armies in the British campaign against [[Tipu Sultan]]. They gained a reputation of heroism and success in battle. Their contributions became highly valued by the British, and in 1804 [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] called the Patwardhans "the most ancient friends that the British Government have in the Maratha Empire" and "the most respectable of all the Peshwa's subjects properly so called".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gordon |first1=Stewart |title=The Marathas 1600-1818 |date=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-03316-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHK-BhVXOU4C&q=patwardhans+are+chitpavan+brahmins&pg=PA174 |language=en}}</ref>

==Branches==
===Kurundvad Senior===
This branch was established in 1733 by [[Trimbakrao I of Kurundvad]]. This state became a British protectorate on 5 May 1819, and gained seniority when a junior branch split on 5 April 1854, forming the [[Kurundvad Junior]] State.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

===Miraj Senior===
This branch was established in 1750 by [[Govindrao I of Miraj]]. This branch gained seniority when a junior branch split in 1820.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

===Sangli State===
This branch was established in 1782 by [[Chintamanrao I of Sangli]]. This state also became a British protectorate on 5 May 1819. This state later became a [[Salute state]], with a hereditary salute of 11 guns.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

===Tasgaon State===
This branch was established in 1808 and was lapsed under [[Lord Dalhousie]]'s [[Doctrine of Lapse]] in 1848.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hunter |first1=William Wilson |last2=Cotton |first2=James Sutherland |last3=Burn |first3=Richard |last4=Meyer |first4=William Stevenson |last5=Office |first5=Great Britain India |title=Imperial gazetteer of India |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ |website=dsal.uchicago.edu |date=1931}}</ref>

===Jamkhandi State===
This branch was established in 1811 by [[Gopalrao Ramchandrarao of Jamkhandi]].{{cn|date=July 2020}}

===Miraj Junior===
This branch was established in 1820 by [[Madhavrao I of Miraj Junior]].{{cn|date=July 2020}}

===Kurundvad Junior===
This branch was established in 1854, after [[Trimbakrao of Kurundvad Junior]] and [[Vinayakrao of Kurundvad Junior]] split from the senior branch. They ruled jointly.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
*[[Deccan States Agency]]
*[[List of Maratha dynasties and states]]
*[[List of Brahmin dynasties and states]]
*[[List of princely states of British India (alphabetical)]]

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