MIRAJ JUNIOR NON SALUTE STATE
Indian Princely State Miraj Junior, Formerly Southern Maratha
Country, later Deccan States Agency, now in Maharashtra State. Area of the state
508 Sq.Km. and Population was 40,686 in
1931. Privy purse was 50,454 Rs. at the time of accession on 8 March1948 .
Miraj Junior was one of two Maratha princely states during
the British Raj:
'Miraj Senior'
and Miraj Junior. The two states separated in 1820. It was under the southern
division of the Bombay Presidency,
forming part of the southern Mahratta Jagirs, and later the Deccan States Agency.
The State of Miraj,
the predecessor state, was founded before 1750 and within its limits was the
former capital of the State of Sangli before
the British Raj. Raja Govind Rao Patwardhan, 1st Ruler of Miraj, began as
a cavalry commander.
He distinguished himself in several expeditions against the Nizam of Hyderabad and Hyder Ali of Mysore, established
the Marathaascendancy
in southern India and pushed the Maratha conquests to the frontier of Mysore.
In
1820, the state of Miraj was divided between a Senior and Junior
branch. The territory of both branches was widely scattered among other
native states and also British districts. Miraj Junior acceded to
the Dominion of India on
8 March 1948 and is currently a part of Maharashtra state.
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