PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The
parent
state was founded in 1733 with a grant by the Peshwa in inam
to Trimbakrao Patwardhan, third son of Bramhibhoot Harbhat
Buva Patwardhan, with a division occurring in 1811 and
again in 1854. Kurundwad represents the senior most
line amongst the Patwardhan States. Succession is by
primogeniture. A sanad of adoption was granted to
the rulers of Kurundwad, though it is the only line which
is without any adoptions. The Chief maintains a military
force of 10 cavalry, 164 infantry, and 2 guns (as of
1892). The rulers were...
- Har Bhat Patwardhan, a Brahmin (priest) from the
area of Kinkan rose to distinction in 1722 during the
days of the second Peshwa, he was well known for his
piety, saintliness and Vedic lore, he was ancestor of
the Royal Families of Kurundwad, Budhgaon, Miraj,
Sangli and Tasgaon (lapsed in 1848), he married and
had issue. He died 1750.
- Balam Bhat Patwardhan
- Raghunath Bhat Patwardhan, married and had issue.
- Bramhibhoot Harbhat Buva Patwardhan, married and
had issue.
- Shrimant Trimbakrao I Appasaheb Patwardhan
(third son), founder of Kurundwad (see below).
- Sardar Govind Hari Patwardhan (fourth son),
founder of Miraj,
he was granted the title of Sardar by the
Peshwa, married and had issue.
- Sardar Pandurangrao Patwardhan, married and
had issue. He died at an early age.
- Sardar Hariharrao Patwardha, successor to
his father, but died at the age of 17 years.
- Sardar Chintamanrao Patwardhan I, ruled at
Miraj
initially, but during one of his battles, he
was rumoured to have died and his uncle then
was crowned as his successor. When
Chintamanrao returned he was angry and left
the house with only an idol of Lord Ganesha
and vowed to set up another Capital for his
Jagir. As a result he established the city
of Sangli in
1801.
- Gangadharrao Patwardhan of Miraj.
- Mahadev Rao Patwardhan
- Ramchandra Rao Patwardhan (sixth son), married
and had issue.
- Parashuram Rao Patwardhan, married and had
issue, five sons.
- Ramchandra Rao Patwardhan, married and had
issue, one son.
- Shrimant Gopal Rao Ramchandra Rao
Patwardhan, founder of Jamkhandi
state.
- Haripanth Patwardhan
- Madhav Rao Patwardhan, founder of the
Chinchanikar branch of Patwardhan family.
- Vinayak Rao Patwardhan
- Ganpat Rao Patwardhan, founder of the
Tasganv branch of Patwardhan family.
- Bhaskar Rao Patwardhan
- Tara Bai
- Krishna Bhat Patwardhan
- Meherban TRIMBAKRAO
I [APPASAHEB] PATWARDHAN, 1st Chief of
Kurundwad 1733/1771, married and had issue. He died
1771.
- Meherban Neelkanthrao Trimbakrao [Dadasaheb]
Patwardhan (qv)
- Kanherrao Trimbakrao Patwardhan, founder of the
Shedbal branch.
- Meherban
NEELKANTHRAO TRIMBAKRAO [DADASAHEB] PATWARDHAN,
2nd Chief of Kurundwad-Senior 1771, born 1726, during
his reign, gold coins were authorised by the Peshwa,
Madhavrao I, to be minted, and these were called
'Neelkantha' (#2) in his
honour; fought in the Battle of Moti Talav against
Hyder Ali where he was mortally wounded; married and
had issue. He was killed in the battle of Moti Talav
on 3rd March 1771, his body was brought to
Madhavpur-Belgaum in a palanquin and was cremated
there, and his samadhi is still present to this day.
- Meherban Raghunathrao I Nilkanthrao [Dadasaheb]
Patwardhan (qv)
- Shivrao Nilkanthrao Patwardhan, founder of Vadi
Jagir.
- Meherban
RAGHUNATHRAO I NILKANTHRAO [DADASAHEB] PATWARDHAN,
3rd Chief of Kurundwad-Senior 1771/1801, born 1750,
married and had issue, one son. He died 1801.
- Meherban Trimbakrao II Raghunathrao [Appasaheb]
Patwardhan (qv)
- Meherban TRIMBAKRAO
II RAGHUNATHRAO [APPASAHEB] PATWARDHAN, 4th
Chief of Kurundwad-Senior 1801/-, in 1811 the state of
Shedbal was formed, but it lapsed in 1857 to the
British government in default of a male heir, married
and had issue.
- Meherban Keshavrao Trimbakrao [Babasaheb]
Patwardhan (qv)
- Meherban KESHAVRAO
TRIMBAKRAO [BABASAHEB] PATWARDHAN, 5th Chief
of Kurundwad-Senior -/1827, he signed the Treaty of
Pandharpur with the English Crown in 1819; married and
had issue. He died 1827.
- Meherban Raghunathrao II Keshavrao [Dadasaheb]
Patwardhan (qv)
- Hariharrao Keshavrao [Bhausaheb] Patwardhan
[?Ganpatrao], Co-Ruler of Kurundwad-Jnr
- Vinayakrao Keshavrao [Appasaheb] Patwardhan,
Co-Ruler of Kurundwad-Jnr
- Trimbakrao Keshavrao [Abbasaheb] Patwardhan,
Co-Ruler of Kurundwad-Jnr, died spl 1869,
and his share was transferred to Ganpatrao and
Vinayakrao.
- Meherban
RAGHUNATHRAO II KESHAVRAO [DADASAHEB] PATWARDHAN,
6th Chief of Kurundwad-Senior 1827/1876, born 1812. On
the 5th of April 1854 the state was split into Senior
and Junior branches, with Raghunathrao continuing the
line in Kurundwad Senior. He died 1876.
- Meherban
CHINTAMANRAO I RAGHUNATHRAO [BALASAHEB] PATWARDHAN,
7th Chief of Kurundwad-Senior 1876/1908, born
14th February 1849, he succeeded to the gadi on 25th
January 1876 (#1).
He died 1908.
- Meherban
BHALCHANDRARAO I CHINTAMANRAO [ANNASAHEB] PATWARDHAN,
8th Chief of Kurundwad-Senior 1908/1927, born 12th May
1873, married Rani Sita Bai Sahib, born 1901, died
1969, Regent of Kurundwad Senior 1927/1942, and had
issue.
- Raja Shrimant
CHINTAMANRAO II BHALCHANDRARAO BALASAHEB PATWARDHAN,
9th Raja of Kurundwad-Senior 1927/1980, born 13th
February 1921 and succeeded 10th September 1927 (#3), married Rani Shrimant
Vijayadevi, born 4th January 1927, daughter of Raja
Shrimant Sir Raghunathrao II Shankarrao Babasaheb
Pandit Pant Sachiv of Bhor.
He died 15th January 1980.
- Raja Shrimant
BHALCHANDRARAO II CHINTAMANRAO PATWARDHAN,
Raja of Kurundwad-Senior (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Shashikala Devi Pant Amatya [late Rajmata of Bavda],
of the Sardar Raste family and grand-daughter of the
Raja of Kurundwad, married (as his second wife), the
Raja of Bavda (married 1stly, a Princess of
Jamkhandi), widowed at 29 years, died January 2005
aged 92.
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