Aundh State

Aundh State was a Maratha princely state in the British Raj, in the Deccan States Agency division of the Bombay Presidency.[1][2]

Aundh State
Princely State of British Raj
1699–1948
Flag
Aundh State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India
Area
• 1941	1,298 km^2 (501 sq mi)
Population
• 1941	88,762
History
• Established	1699
• Independence of India	1948
Preceded by Succeeded by Maratha Empire India
Today part of	Maharashtra, India
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aundh". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

The Principality of Aundh covered an area of 1298 square kilometers with the population of 88,762 in 1941.[3]

The capital of the state was Aundh.[3]

History

Aundh was a Jagir granted by Chhatrapati Sambhaji to Parshuram Trimbak Pant Pratinidhi, who was a general, administrator and later Pratinidhi of the Maratha Empire during the reign of Chhatrapati Sambhaji and Chhatrapati Rajaram.[4] He played a crucial role in re-capturing Panhala Fort, Ajinkyatara (at Satara), Bhupalgad forts from Mughals during period of 1700–1705.[5]

After the fall of Peshwa rule, the British East India company entered separate treaties in 1820 with all the Jagirdars who were nominally subordinate to the Raja of Satara.[6] Aundh became a princely state when Satara state was abolished by the British under the Doctrine of lapse. The last ruler of the Aundh was Raja Shrimant Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi ("Bala Sahib"). The state joined the Union of India on 8 March 1948.[7][8]

Rulers

Aundh's Hindu rulers used the title of "Pant Pratinidhi".

Foundation of the state Aundh
1690[9] / 1699
Princes (Rajas), with the title Pant Pratinidhi[9]
From	To	Raja	Born	Died
1697	1718-05-27	Parusharam Trimbak	1660	1718
1718	1746-11-25	Shrinivasrao Parashuram	1687	1746
1746	1754	Jagjivanrao Parashuram	1691	1754
1754	1776-04-05	Shrinivasrao Gangadhar		1776
1776	1777-08-30	Bhagwant Rao		1777
1777-08-30	1848-06-11	Parashuramrao Shrinivas "Thoto Pant" (Peshwa prisoner 1806-1818)	1777	1848
1848-06-11	1901	Shrinivasrao Parashuram "Anna Sahib"	1833-11-27	1901
1901	1905	Parashuramrao Shrinivas "Dada Sahib"	1858-02-17	1905
1905-11-03	1909-11-04	Gopalkrishnarao Parashuram "Nana Sahib"	1879-01-26
1909-11-04	1947-08-15	Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi "Bala Sahib"	1868-10-24	1951-04-13
Prime-minister[9][9]
From	To	Raja	Born	Died
1944	1948	Parshuram Rao Pant "Appa Sahib"[10]	1912-09-11	1992-10-05

The Line is nominally Continued
From	To	Raja	Born	Died
1951	1962	Shrimant Bhagwant Rao Trimbak "Bapu Sahib"[11]	1919	2007-04-08

See also

• Pant Pratinidhi family
• Aundh Experiment
• Maratha Empire
• List of Maratha dynasties and states
• List of Indian princely states

References

1. I. Copland. State, Community and Neighbourhood in Princely North India, c. 1900-1950. Springer. p. 95. Retrieved 26 April 2005.
2. Ian Copland. The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947. Cambridge University Press. p. 214. Retrieved 16 May 2002.
3. Rothermund 1983, p. 9.
4. Bond 2006, p. 773.
5. Gurcharn Singh Sandhu (2003). A military history of medieval India. Vision Books. p. 648.
6. Sumitra Kulkarni (1995). The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture. Mittal Publications. p. 18. ISBN 978-81-7099-581-4.
7. "Aundh Princely State". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
8. Rothermund 1983, p. xvii.
9. Princely States of India A-J
10. "Aundh princely state rulers". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
11. Who's who in India, Burma & Ceylon. p. 75. Heir apparent- -Shrimant Bhagwant- rao alias Bapusaheb (nominal)

Bibliography

• Rothermund, Indira (1983). The Aundh Experiment: A Gandhian Grass-roots Democracy. Somaiya Publications.
• Pant, Apa (1989). An Unusual Raja: Mahatma Gandhi and the Aundh Experiment. Sangam Books.
• Bond, J.W (2006). Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey. Asian Educational Services.
• Pant, Apa (1990). An Extended Family Or Fellow Pilgrims. Sangam Books.