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{{Infobox monarch
{{Infobox monarch
| name         = Pratap Singh
| name               = Pratap Singh
| title       = [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Empire]]<br>[[Raja]] of [[Satara State|Satara]]
| title             = [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Empire]]<br>[[Raja]] of [[Satara State|Satara]]
| succession   = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|33x30px]] 8th [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Empire]]
| succession         = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|33x30px]] 8th [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Empire]]
| succession1 = [[Raja]] of [[Satara State|Satara]]
| succession1       = [[Raja]] of [[Satara State|Satara]]
| image       = Chhatrapati Pratapsingh.jpg
| image             = Chhatrapati Pratapsingh.jpg
| caption     =  
| caption           =  
| reign       = 3 May 1808 – 1818
| reign             = 3 May 1808 – 1818
| reign1       = 1818 – 5 September 1839
| reign1             = 1818 – 5 September 1839
| coronation   =  
| coronation         =  
| full_name   =  
| full_name         =  
| birth_name   =  
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| birth_date   = {{birth date|1793|1|18|df=yes}}
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1793|1|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ajinkyatara|Ajinkyatara Fort]], [[Satara district|Satara]], [[Maratha Empire]] (present-day [[Maharashtra]], [[India]])
| birth_place       = [[Ajinkyatara|Ajinkyatara Fort]], [[Satara district|Satara]], [[Maratha Empire]] (present-day [[Maharashtra]], [[India]])
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1847|10|14|1793|1|18|df=yes}}
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1847|10|14|1793|1|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Benares]], [[Benares State]], [[Company rule in India|British India]] (present-day [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
| death_place       = [[Benares]], [[Benares State]], [[Company rule in India|British India]] (present-day [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
| burial_date =  
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| burial_place =  
| burial_place       =
| predecessor = [[Shahu II of Satara|Shahu II]]
| predecessor       = [[Shahu II of Satara|Shahu II]]
| regent      = [[Baji Rao II]]
| successor         = [[Raja Shahaji of Satara|Shahaji]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kulkarni|first=Sumitra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PA23|title=The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture|date=1995|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-581-4|pages=29|language=en}}</ref><ref name="TSR">{{cite book |title=The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture |first=Sumitra |last=Kulkarni |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1995 |isbn=978-8-17099-581-4 |pages=21–24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PA21}}</ref>
| reg-type    = Peshwa
| predecessor1       = ''Position established''
| successor   = [[Raja Shahaji of Satara|Shahaji]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kulkarni|first=Sumitra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PA23|title=The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture|date=1995|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-581-4|pages=29|language=en}}</ref><ref name="TSR">{{cite book |title=The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture |first=Sumitra |last=Kulkarni |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1995 |isbn=978-8-17099-581-4 |pages=21–24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PA21}}</ref>
| successor1         = [[Raja Shahaji of Satara|Shahaji]]
| predecessor1 = ''Position established''
| spouse             =  
| successor1   = [[Raja Shahaji of Satara|Shahaji]]
| issue             =  
| spouse       =  
| royal house       = [[Bhosale]]
| issue       =  
| dynasty           =  
| royal house = [[Bhosale]]
| father             = [[Shahu II of Satara|Shahu II]]
| dynasty     =  
| mother             = Girjabai Raje Bhosle
| father       = [[Shahu II of Satara|Shahu II]]
| religion           = [[Hinduism]]
| mother       = Girjabai Raje Bhosle
| signature         =
| religion     = [[Hinduism]]
| signature   =  
}}
}}


'''Pratap Singh Bhosale''' (18 January 1793 – 14 October 1847) was the last [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Empire]], [[Satara (city)|Satara]] from 1808 to 1819. However, political power was under the control of [[Peshwa]]s. He was also the Raja of [[Satara State|Satara]] until 1839, when he was replaced with Shahaji of Satara by the British.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kulkarni|first=Sumitra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PA23|title=The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture|date=1995|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-581-4|pages=29|language=en}}</ref><ref name="TSR">{{cite book |title=The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture |first=Sumitra |last=Kulkarni |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1995 |isbn=978-8-17099-581-4 |pages=21–24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PA21}}</ref>
'''Pratap Singh Bhosale''' (18 January 1793 – 14 October 1847) was the last [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Empire]], [[Satara (city)|Satara]] from 1808 to 1819. However, political power was under the control of [[Peshwa]]s. He was also the Raja of [[Satara State|Satara]] until 1839, when he was replaced with Shahaji of Satara by the British.<ref name="TSR">{{cite book |title=The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture |first=Sumitra |last=Kulkarni |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1995 |isbn=978-8-17099-581-4 |pages=21–24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PA21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kulkarni|first=Sumitra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PA23|title=The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture|date=1995|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-581-4|pages=29|language=en}}</ref>


==Descent==
==Descent==

Revision as of 23:20, 1 January 2022


Pratap Singh
Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire
Raja of Satara
Chhatrapati Pratapsingh.jpg
Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg 8th Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire
Reign3 May 1808 – 1818
PredecessorShahu II
SuccessorShahaji[1][2]
Raja of Satara
Reign1818 – 5 September 1839
PredecessorPosition established
SuccessorShahaji
Born(1793-01-18)18 January 1793
Ajinkyatara Fort, Satara, Maratha Empire (present-day Maharashtra, India)
Died14 October 1847(1847-10-14) (aged 54)
Benares, Benares State, British India (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
HouseBhosale
FatherShahu II
MotherGirjabai Raje Bhosle
ReligionHinduism

Pratap Singh Bhosale (18 January 1793 – 14 October 1847) was the last Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire, Satara from 1808 to 1819. However, political power was under the control of Peshwas. He was also the Raja of Satara until 1839, when he was replaced with Shahaji of Satara by the British.[2][3]

Descent

He was born in the Bhonsle clan of Maratha caste.[4]

Early life

Pratap Singh was the eldest son of Shahu II of Satara, whom he succeeded, and a descendant of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire.[2]

Emperor

He was dethroned and stripped of his powers and personal possessions in 1839. He was exiled to Benares and granted an allowance for his maintenance. Rango Bapuji Gupte, a loyal Sardar to him, long fought unsuccessful legal battles in London on his behalf.

He was succeeded by his brother, Appa Saheb, under the title Shreemant Maharaj Shaji Raja Chhatrapati of Satara. Appa Saheb then became known as Raja Shahaji.[2]

Reign

Pratap Singh built Pune-Satara Road, a palace called Rajwada that was used as a court for 150 years. It is now in possession of the vanshaj of Udayan Maharaj). Pratap Singh High School was started around 1851. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar was a pupil of this school until 4th standard.

Pratap Singh's wife started a Private Library in Satara town in 1851 that was open to the public of Satara. The library now known as Nagar Vachanalaya was once Chhatrapati Pratap Singh Maharaj (Thorle) Nagar Vachanalay Satara.

He built the Satara-Medha-Mahabaleshwar Road in Mahabaleshwar (a hill station for Britishers he established Malcom Peth named for the contemporary Governor of Bombay (Now Mumbai) 48 km from Satara) State.

Rajpath 2 ways from Rajwada to Powai Naka was built by him.

He started two schools for English, Persian, Marathi, and Sanskrit in Satara. Modern Satara is his creation as Chhatrapati Shahu I's RangMahal was burned in a fire, following which he built Jal Mandir Palace as a residence for him and his family where now Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosale live.

References

  1. Kulkarni, Sumitra (1995). The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture. Mittal Publications. p. 29. ISBN 978-81-7099-581-4.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kulkarni, Sumitra (1995). The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture. Mittal Publications. pp. 21–24. ISBN 978-8-17099-581-4.
  3. Kulkarni, Sumitra (1995). The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture. Mittal Publications. p. 29. ISBN 978-81-7099-581-4.
  4. Sarkar, Jadunath (1992). Shivaji and His Times. Orient Longman. ISBN 9788125013471.


Further reading

  • Naregal, Veena (2013). "The Mutiny in Western India: The 'Marginal' as Regional Dynamic". In Bates, Crispin (ed.). Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857. Vol. 1. SAGE Publications India. pp. 169–188. ISBN 978-8-13211-336-2.
Preceded by
Shahu II of Satara
Chhatrapati of the
Maratha Empire

1808–1818
Succeeded by
Lapsed
Preceded by
New creation
Raja of
Satara

1818–1839
Succeeded by
Shahaji