This is a list of Maratha dynasties and Maratha princely states.

Historical Maratha dynasties with original clans spread globally

† - States annexed by the British

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Maratha Princely States

The

Maratha The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a M ...

s ruled much of India in the period immediately preceding the consolidation of

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. The Maratha states came to form the largest bloc of

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

s in the

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, in terms of territory and population.

The Maratha
Salute state A salute state was a princely state under the British Raj that had been granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocolary privilege for its ruler to be greeted—originally by Royal Navy ships, later also ...
and
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by precedence

Baroda Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...

, title Maharaja Gaikwad, Hereditary salute of 21-guns *

Gwalior Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...

, title Maharaja Shinde, Hereditary salute of 21-guns * Indore (Holkar State), title Maharaja Holkar, Hereditary salutes of 19-guns * Kolhapur State, title Maharaja Bhonsle Chhatrapati, Hereditary salutes of 19-guns * Dewas State Senior, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 15-guns *

Vidharbha Vidarbha (Pronunciation: �id̪əɾbʱə is a geographical region in the east of the Indian state of Maharashtra and a proposed state of central India, comprising the state's Amravati and Nagpur divisions. Amravati Division's former name is Be ...

, title Maharaja Bhikaji Mehere, Hereditary salute of 15-guns *

Sangli Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks ...

, title Raja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns * Bhor (Gandekar State), title Raja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns *

Jawhar State The Jawhar State was a princely state in India. As a princely state, it became a part of Bombay Presidency during the British Raj. It was the only state belonging to the Thana Agency. The last Koli Ruler of Jawhar at Indian independence wa ...

, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns * Savantwadi (Sawantwadi), title Raja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns *

Mudhol State Mudhol State was a princely state during the British Raj. The rulers were from the Ghorpade clan of the Marathas. It was one of the former states of the Southern Maratha Country and its capital was the city of Mudhol in present-day Bagalkote Di ...

, title Raja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns

Non-salute states

Non-salute Maratha states, alphabetically: *

Akkalkot State Akkalkot State during the British Raj, was a Maratha princely state ruled by the Bhonsle dynasty. The non-salute state came under the Deccan States Agency and was bordered by Hyderabad State and the Bombay Presidency. See also * Maratha Empi ...

, title Raja *

Aundh State Aundh State was a Maratha princely state in the British Raj, in the Deccan States Agency division of the Bombay Presidency. The Principality of Aundh covered an area of 1298 square kilometers with the population of 88,762 in 1941. The capital ...

, title Pant Pratinidhi *

Jamkhandi State Jamkhandi State was one of the Maratha princely states of British India. It was founded in 1811 and its capital was at Jamakhandi. It was administered as part of the Deccan States Agency of the Bombay Presidency and was one of the former states ...

, title Raja *

Jath State Jath State, was one of the non-salute Maratha princely states of British India, one of the former Southern Maratha Jagirs. Jath State and Daphlapur State were the only two states belonging to the Bijapur Agency under the Bombay Presidency, w ...

, title Raja *

Kurundvad Junior Kurundvad Junior, also spelt as 'Kurundwad', was of two Maratha Empire, Maratha princely states during the British Raj: 'Kurundvad Senior' and Kurundvad Junior. The two states separated in 1854 and less than a century later, on 8 March 1948, both ...

, title Rao *

Kurundwad Senior Kurundvad Senior, also spelt as 'Kurundwad', was one of two Maratha princely states during the British Raj: ' Kurundvad Junior' and Kurundvad Senior. The two states separated in 1854 and less than a century later, on 8 March 1948, both states ac ...

, title Rao *

Miraj Junior 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 Maharashtra, M ...

, title Rao Saheb Patwardhan *

Miraj senior Miraj Senior was one of two Maratha princely states during the British Raj: 'Miraj Junior' and Miraj Senior. The two states separated in 1820. It was under the southern division of the Bombay Presidency, forming part of the southern Mahratta Jag ...

, title Rao Saheb Patwardhan * Nimsod State, title Maharaj Saheb *

Phaltan State Phaltan State was one of the non-salute Maratha princely states of British India. It was ruled by the Nimbalkar clan of the Marathas. It was under the central division of the Bombay Presidency, under the states of the Kolhapur-Deccan Residency, ...

, title Maharaj *

Surgana State Surgana State was a princely state of the Bombay Presidency during the era of the British Raj. It was the only state belonging to the Nasik Agency. Its capital was Surgana in Nashik District of present-day Maharashtra. It was ruled by Kolis of ...

, title Raja * Ramdurg State, title Saheb * Sandur State, title Raja * * * * *

States Annexed by the British under the Doctrine of Lapse

Nagpur State The Kingdom of Nagpur was an Indian kingdom in the 18th and 19th centuries. It came under the rule of the Marathas of the Bhonsle dynasty in the mid-18th century and became part of the Maratha Empire. The city of Nagpur was the capital of the st ...

(1818–1853) – Annexed by the East India Company under

Doctrine of Lapse The doctrine of lapse was a policy of annexation initiated by the East India Company in the Indian subcontinent about the princely states, and applied until the year 1858, the year after Company rule was succeeded by the British Raj under the ...

in 1853. * Satara state – Abolished in 1848 by the

under

. *

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– Annexed by the

under

. *

Jhansi state Jhansi was an independent princely state ruled by the Maratha Newalkar dynasty under suzerainty of British India from 1804 till 1853, when the British authorities took over the state under the terms of the Doctrine of Lapse, and renamed it the ...

– Annexed by the

under

; recaptured by Rani Lakshmi Bai (4 June 1857 – 4/5 April 1858). * Jalaun State - Annexed by the

under

in 1840.

References

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