MUDHOL 9 GUN
SALUTE STATE
Mudhol State was a princely
state during the British
Raj. It was one of the former states of the Southern Maratha Country and
its capital was the city of Mudhol in
present-day Bagalkot
District of Karnataka
State in India.
The last ruler was HH Shrimant Raja Bhairavsinhrao Malojirao Ghorpade II.
Mudhol acceded to the Dominion
of India on 8 March 1948, and is currently a part of Karnataka state.
Covering
an area of 508 Sq.Km. or 196 Sq Miles , Mudhol State
enjoyed revenue estimated at £20,000 in 1901. According to the 1901
census, the population was 63,001, with the population of the town itself at
8,359 in that year.
The
Mudhol was an estate or Jagir founded in 1400AD . Ruled by the Maratha Ghorpade
dynasty. In 1670, Mudhol estate became a state. It became a British protectorate in 1819. The state
flag, called 'Bavuta', was a triangular tricolour of horizontal bands, in order
from the top: white, black and green. All colour bands came to the point in the
fly. Mudhol State was one of the 9-gun
salute states of British
India, under the summit of Niranjan.
Mudhol
State's last king, HH Shrimant Raja Bhairavsinhrao Malojirao Ghorpade II, born
15 October 1929 and succeeded to the throne on 9 November 1937, was the 23rd
Raja of Mudhol. He signed the accession to join the Indian
Union on 8 March 1948. He died in 1984 in a car accident.
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Type-5 - Used
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