PREDECESSORS AND SHORT
HISTORY: For predecessors see Jamkhandi.The state of
Miraj was founded before 1750 and split into Senior and
Junior branch's in 1820. It was the former capital of the
Pre British Indian State of Sangli and lies in the
Southern part of the present state of Maharashtra. Rulers
were...
- Raja Shrimant
GOVIND RAO PATWARDHAN, 1st Raja of Miraj,
began as a commandant of the body of horse,
distinguished himself in several expeditions against
the Nizam of Hydrabad and Hyder Ali of Mysore,
established the Maratha ascendency in Southern India
and pushed the Maratha Conquests to the Tungbhadra on
the frontier of Mysore, appointed Sardar by the
Peshwa, took an active part in all the main events of
the third Peshwa's reign and, in 1761, recieved an
annual income of 2,541,900Rs for the expense of 8,000
horse to be maintained by him, married and had issue.
He died in 1771.
- Raja Shrimant Vaman Rao Patwardhan (qv)
- Raja Shrimant Pandurang Rao Patwardhan (qv)
- Raja Shrimant Gangadhar Rao Patwardhan (qv)
- Raja Shrimant VAMAN
RAO PATWARDHAN, 2nd Raja of Miraj 1771/1775,
inherited his father's military talents and was able
to inflict a defeat on Haider Ali of Mysore. He died
in 1775.
- Raja Shrimant
PANDURANG RAO PATWARDHAN, 3rd Raja of Miraj
1775/1777, married and had issue.
- Raja Shrimant Harihar Rao Patwardhan (qv)
- Raja Shrimant Chintaman Rao Patwardhan (qv)
- Raja Shrimant
HARIHAR RAO PATWARDHAN, 4th Raja of Miraj
1777/1782, born about 1765, died 1782.
- Raja Shrimant
CHINTAMAN RAO APPASAHEB PATWARDHAN, 5th Raja
of Miraj 1782/1801 and 1st Raja of Sangli 1801/-, born
1775, in 1801, during one of his battles, he was
rumoured to have died and therefore his uncle,
Gangadharrao crowned himself as Raja of Miraj. When
Raja Chintamanrao returned he was angry and left the
state with only an idol of Lord Ganesha and he vowed
to set up another Capital for his Jagir, and thus he
became the first Ruler of Sangli
(#1).
- Raja Shrimant
GANGADHAR RAO PATWARDHAN, 6th Raja of
Miraj-Senior 1801/1820
- Raja Shrimant
GANPATRAO I PATWARDHAN, 1st Raja of
Miraj-Senior 1820/1833
- Raja Shrimant
GANPATRAO II TATYASAHEB PATWARDHAN, 2nd Raja
of Miraj-Senior 1833/1875
- Raja Shrimant Sir
GANGADHARRAO GANESH BALASAHEB PATWARDHAN, 3rd
Raja of Miraj-Senior 1875/1939, born 9th February
1866, adopted in 1874 and succeeded 6th June 1875;
K.C.I.E. [cr.1903]. He died 1939.
- Raja Shrimant
NARAYANRAO GANGADHARRAO TATYASAHEB PATWARDHAN,
4th Raja of Miraj-Senior 1939/1947, born 6th September
1898, succeeded 11th December 1939 (#2),
married and had issue.
- HH Raja Shri Madhavrao Narayanrao Raosaheb
Patwardhan (qv)
- Shrimant Mangalaraje Patwardhan
- HH Raja Shrimant
MADHAVRAO NARAYANRAO RAOSAHEB PATWARDHAN
B.A., 5th Raja of Miraj-Senior 1947/1999, born 17th
April 1922, educated at Fergusson College, Pune (B.A.);
married HH Shrimant Rani Soubhagyavati Indumatidevi M.
Patwardhan, and had issue. He died 25th March 1999 in
Pune and was cremated on 27th March.
- HH Raja Shrimant Gangadharrao Balasaheb Patwardhan
(qv)
- Rajkumar Shrimant Ganpatrao Bhausaheb Patwardhan,
married Rani Shrimant Gayatri Devi, and has issue.
- Rajkumari Nandita Raje, born about 1978, married
28th November 2004, Sumeer Kalmadi, born 1974, son
of Suresh and Meera Kalmadi.
- HH Raja Shrimant
GANGADHARRAO BALASAHEB PATWARDHAN, 6th Raja
of Miraj-Senior (see above)
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