Satara state

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Satara State
1818 (1818)–1849 (1849)
Flag of Satara State
Satara State in 1832.
Satara State in 1832.
CapitalSatara
Common languagesMarathi (official), and Kannada
Religion
Hinduism and other minority religions
GovernmentMonarchy
Chhatrapati (Emperor) 
• 1818 – 1839
Pratap Singh, Raja of Satara (first)
• 1839 – 1849
Raja Shahaji of Satara (last)
History 
• Established
1818 (1818)
• Disestablished
1849 (1849)
CurrencyRupee, Paisa, Shivrai
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Maratha Empire
Company rule in India
Today part ofSatara district
also, Parts of
Pune district
Sangli district
Solapur district
Bijapur district, Karnataka

Satara state was a short-lived Princely state in India created by the British in 1818 after the Third Anglo-Maratha War and annexed by them in 1849 using the Doctrine of lapse. The state was ruled by the Bhonsle dynasty, descendants of Chhatrapati Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. The first Raja of the state was Pratap Singh who was freed by the British after they defeated Peshwa Bajirao II in 1818. Pratap Singh was deposed in 1838. His brother, Shahaji succeeded him but died without a natural heir in 1848. At that time, the East India Company government refused to accept Shahaji's adopted son as his successor and absorbed the territory into the growing British dominion.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Kulkarni, Sumitra (1995). The Satara raj, 1818-1848 : a study in history, administration, and culture (1st ed.). New Delhi: Mittal Publications. pp. 2–3. ISBN 9788170995814.
  2. ^ Ramusack, Barbara N. (2007). The Indian princes and their states (Digitally print. version. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-0521039895. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
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