Jath State
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Bombay Presidency
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, and later the Deccan States Agency
Deccan States Agency
The Deccan States Agency was a unit of British India exercising suzerainty over a number of princely states. The agency was created in the 1930s, and was composed of a number of princely states in western India, located in the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka...
. It was one of the southern Maratha
Maratha
The Maratha are an Indian caste, predominantly in the state of Maharashtra. The term Marāthā has three related usages: within the Marathi speaking region it describes the dominant Maratha caste; outside Maharashtra it can refer to the entire regional population of Marathi-speaking people;...
Jagir
Jagir
In historic India, a jagir was a small territory granted by the ruler to an army chieftain in fairly short terms usually of three years but not extending beyond his lifetime, in recognition of his military service...
s. With the small state of Daphlapur, which is an integral part of it, it formed the Bijapur
Bijapur, Karnataka
Bijapur Urdu:بیجاپور city is the district headquarters of Bijapur District of Karnataka state. Bijapur city is well known for its historical monuments of architectural importance built during the rule of Adil Shahi dynasty...
Agency, under the collector of Bijapur District.
Its Hindu
Hindu
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ruling family were Maratha Chavans, descendants of Lakhmajirao Yeldojirao Chavan, the Patil of Daphlapur. These chavans are actually Hindu Kshatriya Chauhan from (Chauhamana) dynasty, Rajasthan.He entered the service of King Ali Adil Shah of Bijapur
Adil Shahi
The Adil Shahi or Adilshahi dynasty ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur in the Western area of the Deccan region of Southern India from 1490 to 1686. Bijapur had been a province of the Bahmani Sultanate , before its political decline in the last quarter of the 15th century and eventual break-up in 1518...
, and received a Desmukhi Watan of four Mahal
Mahal
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s in 1672. The Jagir
Jagir
In historic India, a jagir was a small territory granted by the ruler to an army chieftain in fairly short terms usually of three years but not extending beyond his lifetime, in recognition of his military service...
s of Jath and Karajagi were conferred on his son in 1680. Emperor Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb
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confirmed these estates to the family in 1704. The male line failed four times during the state's history. Consequently, the state was either vested in widowed Ranis or ruled for them by regents for a total of seven decades.
Regarded as something of a model ruler, Vijaysinhrao, the last sovereign ruler received the hereditary title of Raja
Raja
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in 1936. He formed a very effective partnership with his younger brothers, introducing far reaching educational, health and administrative reforms. He was also a noted cricket
Cricket
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player. The Raja took up politics and represented his people in both the provincial and national parliaments after Indian Independence in 1947.
Jath state (including Daphlapur) covered an area of 980 square miles (2,538.2 km²), and had a population of 68,665 in 1901, while the population of the town itself was 5,414 in that year. In 1911, the state enjoyed a revenue estimated at £24,000 and paid a tribute to the British Raj
British Raj
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of £700. Its flag was an orange rectangle with a four-pointed star in the upper left hand corner.
Lt. Commander Shrimant Raja Vijaysinghrao Ramrao Babasaheb Dafle was the last ruler of Jath. Jath joined the Dominion of India
Dominion of India
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on March 8, 1948 and is currently a part of the Sangli
Sangli
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District in the state of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
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Rulers of Jath
- Satvaji Rao, Raja 1686-1706
- Yesu Bai "Au Sahib", Rani 1706-1754
- Yeshwant Rao, Raja 1754-1759
- Amrit Rao I, Raja 1759-1790