PREDECESSORS and SHORT
HISTORY: A small estate lying 31 kilometres
south of Kolhapur. The ancestor of the family, Piraji
Raje, left his native place of Udaipur in Rajputana and
came down to the Deccan in search of adventure, after
distinguishing himself in much warfare and earning for
himself the title of Zunzar
Rao (Valiant Fighter), he enlisted in the army of
Sultan Mahmud Padshah, the then king of Bijapur, and
successfully put down many disturbances. In recognition of
his meritious services and deeds of valour, the Padshah
was pleased to confer on him in 1572, the title of Sarjerao and the
Kagal pargana consisting of 69 and a 1/2 villages as
Jagir. During The first Quarter of the 19th century when
there were incessant wars and depredations, some of the
villages belonging to the senior branch of the Ghatge
family changed hands from one power to another, but by
article 3 of the Treaty entered into by the Maharaja of
Kolhapur with the British Government in 1826, the villages
now in the rulers possession which number 41 have been
guaranteed. The name was eventually corrupted to Ghatge,
which means �Take a jump�. Legend has it that during a
war, the Maratha ruler, Shivaji shouted �Ghat ge� to an
ancestor. Estate holders were....
- Shrimant Pirajirao I Tulojirao Ghatge,
founder of Kagal State, son of Shrimant Tuljojirao
Kamrajrao Ghatge.
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Vithoji
Ghatge
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Mahadji
Ghatge Sarjerao
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Vithoji
Ghatge II Sarjerao
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Pirajirao
Ghatge Sarjerao, the state was split into the
Senior and Junior lines in 1768, with the title of Sarjerao
remaining with the Junior line, while the Senior line
enjoy the title of Sarjerao Vajarat-ma-ab,
married and had issue.
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Tuljojirao
Sakharam Ghatge Sarjerao (qv)
- Shrimant Vishwasrao Ghatge, received the village
of Valva and seven others from his brother in 1786,
as his share of the family estate, married 4thly,
Rani Shrimant Ramnabai, died 1861, having adopted a
son. He died sp 1824. [The Valva estate was
resumed by Kolhapur State in 1864]
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Tuljojirao
Sakharam Ghatge Sarjerao, he married and had
issue.
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Hindurao
Ghatge Sarjerao Vajarat-ma-ab (qv)
- Rani Shrimant Baijabai Raje Saheb, married
Maharaja Scindia Daulatrao Scindia of Gwalior.
- Rani Shrimant Saibai Raje Saheb, married (as his
first wife), Raja Chhatrapati Shivaji II Bhonsle of
Kolhapur.
KAGAL
Senior
| AREA: 290.6 km2 |
REVENUE: 291,834Rs
(1906)
|
ACCESSION: 1956 |
| LOCATION: Kolhapur |
DYNASTY: Ghatge
(Rathod) |
RELIGION: Hindu |
VILLAGES: 41
(combined)
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POPULATION: 49,233
(1901) |
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- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri
[Jaisinghrao] Hindurao Ghatge [Babasaheb Ghatge]
Sarjerao Vajarat-ma-ab, 2nd Chief of
Kagal-Senior -/1856, built a new fort in Kagal in
1813; married Rani Shrimant Parvatibai, and had
adoptive issue. He died sp 1856.
- (A) Govindrao [Dajisaheb] Ghatge of the Kenwade
branch, adopted and succeeded as Meherban Shrimant
Rajamanya Rajashri Sakharam Bapu Ghatge Sarjerao
Vajarat-ma-ab (qv)
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Sakharam
Bapu Ghatge Sarjerao Vajarat-ma-ab, 3rd Chief of
Kagal-Senior 1856/1864, married Rani Shrimant
Sundarabai, and had adoptive issue. He died sp
in 1864 aged 20.
- (A) Dattajirao [Abasaheb] Ghatge, adopted and
succeeded as Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri
Jaisinhrao Narayanrao [Abasaheb] Ghatge Sarjerao
Vajarat-ma-ab (qv)
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Jaisinhrao
Narayanrao [Abasaheb] Ghatge Sarjerao Vajarat-ma-ab,
4th Chief of Kagal-Senior 1864/1885, adopted from
Kagal Junior (see below), born 12th March 1857, Regent
of Kolhapur, granted full ruling powers in 1878,
married Rani Radhabai Sahib, died 1877, daughter of
Shrimant Raja Balwantrao Vyankatrao Ghorpade of Mudhol, and had issue.
He died 20th March 1885.
- Meherban Shrimant Yeshwantrao Jaisinhrao Ghatge,
adopted to the Kolhapur gaddi on 17th March
1884, and succeded there as Col. HH Maharaja Sir
Shri Shahu I Chhatrapati of Kolhapur.
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Sir Pirajirao
Jaisinhrao Ghatge [Bapusaheb Ghatge] Sarjerao
Vajarat-ma-ab (qv)
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Sir
Pirajirao Jaisinhrao Ghatge [Bapusaheb Ghatge]
Sarjerao Vajarat-ma-ab C.I.E., 5th Raja Saheb of
Kagal-Senior 1885/1926, born 1876, K.B.E., C.I.E.
[cr.1906], C.S.I. [cr.1911], educated at Rajkumar
College, Rajkot; married and had issue. He died 1926 (#1).
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Jaisinhrao
Pirajirao Ghatge Sarjerao Vajarat-ma-ab (qv)
- Meherban Hindurao Pirajirao Ghatge, died after
1943.
- Meherban Yeshwantrao Pirajirao Ghatge, married and
had issue. He died after 1943.
- Rani Shrimant Jyotsnaraje, married Meherban
Shrimant Raja Anilraje Dafle of Jath, and has issue.
- Rani Shrimant Tara Bai [Lakshmi Bai (Akka Sahib)],
born 1899, married Raja Meherban Shrimant
Fatehsinhrao III Bhonsle of Akalkot, and had
issue. She died 1942.
- Ranisaheb Shrimant Mohini Raje Gaekwad (n�e
Ghatge), married 1942, Lt.-Col. Maharaj Khanderao
Gaekwad of Baroda.
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Jaisinhrao
Pirajirao Ghatge [Abasaheb Ghatge] Sarjerao
Vajarat-ma-ab, 6th Raja Saheb of Kagal-Senior
1926/-, married Rani Shrimant Vijayraje Sahib Bhonsle
[Rajmata of Kagal-Senior], died 10th July 2008 aged
88, daughter of Raja Meherban Shrimant Fatehsinhrao
III Bhonsle of Akalkot,
and his wife, Rani Shrimant Tara Bai, and had issue.
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Vikramsinh
Jaisinhrao Ghatge Sarjerao Vajarat-ma-ab (qv)
- Shrimant Pravinsinh Jaisinhrao Ghatge, born 1957,
married Soubhagyavati Nanditadevi, and has issue.
- Kumari Madhurika Ghatge, born 31st July 1985.
- Kumar Virendrasinh Ghatge born 27th October
1990.
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Vikramsinh
Jaisinhrao Ghatge Sarjerao Vajarat-ma-ab, born
1948, 7th and present Raja Saheb of Kagal-Senior;
married and has issue.
- Kumar Samarjeetsinh Ghatge, born 18th January
1983.
- Kumari Tesjawini Ghatge, born 28th August 1984.
KAGAL
Junior
| AREA: 334.8 km2 |
REVENUE: 150,866
(1906)
|
ACCESSION: 1956 |
| LOCATION: Kolhapur |
DYNASTY: Ghatge
(Rathod) |
RELIGION: Hindu |
| VILLAGES: 41
(combined) |
POPULATION: 6,912
(1901) |
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- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Narayanrao
Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh, Chief of Kagal-Junior
-/1894, born 1834, married 1848, Shrimant Balabai Raje
Bhonsle Saheb, died about 1866, daughter of Raja
Chhatrapati Shahji I Bhonsle of Kolhapur, and had issue.
- Shrimant Jaisinghrao Narayanrao [Abasaheb] Ghatge,
adopted into Kagal Senior (see above)
- Shrimant Sardar Bapusaheb Kakasaheb Ghatge, died
after 1922.
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Dattajirao
Narayanrao [Kaka Sahib] Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh,
Chief of Kagal-Junior 1894/1946, born 1874, adopted
from Kagal Senior, married three wives, and had issue.
He died 1946.
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Yeshwantrao
Dattajirao [Appa Sahib] Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh (by
1st wife) (qv)
- Shrimant Sardar Fatehsinhrao Dattajirao Ghatge (by
3rd wife), married Maharajkumari Sita Raje Sahib,
daughter of HH Maharajadhiraj Holkar Raj Rajeshwar
Sawai Shri Sir Tukoji Rao III Holkar of Indore, and his wife,
HH Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati
Sharmishtha Devi Bai Sahiba, and had issue.
- Shrimant Sardar Vijayendra Ghatge, Bollywood
actor; married and has issue. (H.
No. 249/15 Nagala Park, Kolhapur, India)
- Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sunanda Raje
Sahib, died 1984 in the terrorist bombing of the
Air India flight Kanishka.
- Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Chandraprabha Raje
Sahib [HH Maharani Sanyogitabai Raje Sahib of
Indore] (by 3rd wife), born 1913, died 13th July
1937, married Maj.-Gen. HH Maharajadhiraj Holkar Raj
Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Yeshwant Rao II Holkar Bahadur
of Indore, and had
issue.
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Yeshwantrao
Dattajirao Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh, Chief of
Kagal-Junior 1946/-, born 1899, married a Princess
from Savantvadi, and had issue.
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Ajitsinh
Yeshwantrao Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh (qv)
- Shrimant Sardar Himmatsinh Yeshwantrao Ghatge,
married and had issue.
- Shrimant Sardar Jitendrasinh Himmatsinh Ghatge,
married 7th December 1986, Rajkumari Suryamalaraje
[Rani Shrimant Uttararaje Jitendrasinh
Ghatge of Kagal-Junior], daughter of Raje
Laxamanraosaheb Maharaj Bhonsle (Senior) of
Nagpur, and his wife, Rani Mangalaraje, and has
issue.
- Kumari Manviraje Ghatge, born 3rd February
1987.
- Kumar Yashraje Jitendrasinh Ghatge, born 24th
February 1997.
- Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Vaijantimala Raje
Sahib, married Major Sardar Daulatrao Vishwasrao
Ghorpade of Dattawad, and has issue.
- Shrimant Karnasingh Daulatrao Ghorpade,
married Saubhgyavati Darshana Mane
- Rajkumarani Shrimant Sangeeta Raje (n�e
Ghorpade), married Rajkumar Shrimant Anandrao
Gaekwad of Baroda,
and has issue, two sons.
- Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Ajitsinh
Yeshwantrao Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh, present
Chief of Kagal-Junior, born 1927, married Rani
Satyavatiraje Bhonsle, daughter of HH Raja Bahadur
Khem Savant V Bhonsle of Savantvadi, and his
wife, HH Rani Lakshmi Devi, and has issue.
- Shrimant Sardar Mrugendrasinh Ajitsinh Ghatge
Sarjerao Deshmukh, married 16th May 1979, Kumari
Chanchallaraje (Rani Shrimant Mruganainaraje
Mrugendrasinh Ghatge of Kagal-Junior), daughter of
Thakore Saheb Bhupendrasinhji Pralhadsinhji Gohil of
Lathi, and his wife
Thakurani Durgaraje, and has issue.
- Kumari Akshayaraje, born 14th April 1980.
- Kumari Shoumikaraje, born 14th January 1982.
- Kumar Akhileshsinhraje Mrugendrasinh Ghatge,
born 30th June 1989.
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