Savanur State

Savanur was a princely state of British India on the Deccan Plateau in what is now the state of Karnataka. Its capital was Savanur in present-day Haveri district.

With an area of ​​181 square kilometers and a population of 18 446 (1901 ) was one Savanur to the smaller princely states. Savanur was completely enclosed by Dharwad district of the Bombay Presidency. The state was subordinate to the district head ( collector) of Dharwad.

Savanur was ruled by a Muslim dynasty pathanischer origin. The founder of the dynasty, Abdul Rauf Khan, had in 1680 obtained from the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb a fief ( jagir ). After the end of the Third Marathenkriegs (1817-1818) Savanur was a British protectorate. After the Indian independence in 1947, Savanur joined together with 15 other princely states to the United States Deccan, which were incorporated on February 5, 1948 in the state of Bombay. Through the States Reorganisation Act, the area of Savanur 1956 came to a state of Mysore (1973 renamed Karnataka ).