Mudhol State was a
princely state
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during the
British Raj
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or Direct rule in India,
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. The rulers were from the Ghorpade clan of the
Marathas. It was one of the former states of the
Southern Maratha Country
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and its capital was the city of
Mudhol in present-day
Bagalkote District
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of
Karnataka State
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in
India
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. The last ruler was HH Shrimant Raja Bhairavsinhrao Malojirao Ghorpade II. Mudhol acceded to the
Dominion of India
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on 8 March 1948, and is currently a part of
Karnataka
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state.
Covering an area of , 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.
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History
The Mudhol jagir
A jagir ( fa, , translit=Jāgir), also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar (Zamindar) system. It developed during the Islamic rule era of the Indian subcontinent, starti ...
(estate) was founded ca 1400. Ruled by the Maratha
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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
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Histo ...
states of British India
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, 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.[William Barton, ''The princes of India''. Delhi 1983] He died in 1984 in a car accident.
Royal Titles
Rajas
*1662 – 1700 Maloji Raje Ghorpade (d. 1700)
*1700 – 1734 Sardar Akhayaji Raje Ghorpade (d. 1734)
*1734 – 1737 Pirajirao Raje Ghorpade (d. 1737)
*1737 – 1805 Malojirao III Raje Ghorpade (b. 1710 – d. 1805)
*1805 – 1816 Narayanrao Raje Ghorpade (d. 1816)
*1816 – 20 February 1818 Govindrao Raje Ghorpade (d. 1818)
*20 Feb 1818 – Dec 1854 Vyankatrao I Raje Ghorpade (d. 1854)
*Dec 1854 – 27 March 1862 Balwantrao Raje Ghorpade (b. 1841 – d. 1862)
*27 Mar 1862 – 19 June 1900 Vyankatrao II Raje Ghorpade (b. 1861 – d. 1900) "Bala Sahib"
*27 Mar 1862 – 1882 .... -Regent
*19 Jun 1900 – 14 November 1939 Malojirao IV Raje Ghorpade (b. 1884 – d. 1937) "Nana Sahib" (from 1 Jan *1920, Sir Malojirao IV Raje Ghorpade)
*19 Jun 1900 – 1904 Council of Regency
*14 Nov 1937 – 15 August 1947 Bhairavsinhrao Raje Ghorpade (b. 1929 – d. 1984)
*14 Nov 1937 – 10 July 1947 Parvatidevi Raje Sahib – Ghorpade (f) -Regent
*20 Oct 2006–present Raje Vikramsinha Gourishankar Ghorpade (b. 1986 – d. 1 May 2018 by Evo12) "Bala Sahib" (Sweet Prince)
Mudhol Hound
Shrimant Rajesaheb Malojirao Ghorpade of Mudhol (1884–1937) of the Mudhol State is credited with reviving the Mudhol hound. He noticed local tribal people using these hounds for hunting. Using selective breeding, he was able to restore the royal Mudhol hound. On a visit to England in the early 1900s, the Maharaja of Mudhol State presented King George V
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Born during the reign of his grandmother Qu ...
a pair of hounds, which popularized the Mudhol hound breed.
See also
* 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 a ...
* Maratha Empire
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* List of Maratha dynasties and states
* List of Indian princely states
References
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Princely states of India
History of Karnataka
15th-century establishments in India
1465 establishments in Asia
1948 disestablishments in India
Bagalkot district
Rajputs