Kolhapur State

Kolhapur was a princely state of British India, on the heights of the Western Ghats north of Goa in present-day state of Maharashtra. Its capital was the site of Kolhapur. The Mahratta Principality was founded from the Bhonsle Dynasty in 1710 by Shivaji II and finally separated in 1730 by Satara. Towards the end of Marathenkriege Kolhapur was a British protectorate ( 1812-1947 ). Raja Shahu I. Bhonsle (1884-1922) was raised in 1900 to the Maharaja. Kolhapur in 1941 had an area of ​​8332 km ² and 1.1 million inhabitants.

After Britain had decided on 18 July 1947 to dismiss India and Pakistan at independence ( see History of India), Kolhapur was initially independent and did not join the United States in Deccan. It was only on March 1, 1949 took place the last Maharaja Chhatrapati Shahaji II Puar, who was the Maharaja of Dewas Senior at the same time, the connection to India and the State of Bombay, from May 1 In 1960, the state of Maharashtra.