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Ghorpade
Ghorpade is a surname and family name found among Marathas, Marathi Brahmins in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka and may refer to members of the Ghorpade Dynasty. Ghorpade Dynasty The Ghorpade Dynasty, notable for its origins in the Maratha military leadership and connections to the Sisodia Rajput lineage, are descendents of the Sisodia Rajputs of Chittor, the Bhonsales. The Ghorpade Dynasty ascended after the Battle of Khelna during the 15th century. During the battle, Karnasinh Bhosale, a Maratha commander, tied a rope to his pet monitor lizard, named Yashwanti, to scale the walls of Vishalgad Fort, enabling a crucial siege. This innovative tactic marks the origin of their name, "Ghorpade", derived from the Marathi word for monitor lizard. However, subsequent stories of Ghorpade warriors riding war lizards are considered myths. The Ghorpades played a prominent role in several key conflicts within the Deccan region, exerting considerable influence through their mili ...
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Mudhol State
Mudhol State was a princely state during the British Raj. The rulers were from the Ghorpade Dynasty of the Maratha Empire, 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 district, Bagalkote 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 States and territories of India, 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. History The Mudhol jagir (estate) was founded ca 1400. Ruled by the Maratha Ghorpade, 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 ...
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Santaji Ghorpade
Santaji Ghorpade (Santaji Mhaloji Ghorpade, ; 1660–1696) was a Maratha (caste), Maratha general and statesman who served as the 7th Senapati of the Maratha Empire during the reign of Chattrapati Rajaram I. He is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts in Guerrilla warfare. Santaji Ghorpade, in collaboration with Dhanaji Jadhav, conducted a series of successful campaigns against the Mughals from 1689 to 1696. His strategic acumen was demonstrated through the adept utilization of tactics such as guerrilla warfare, ambushes, and swift mobility, ultimately resulting in effective defeats of the Mughal Army. In recognition of his valor, Rajaram bestowed upon him the title of ''Mamlakat-Madar'' in 1690. Early life Santaji belonged to the Ghorpade, Ghorpade clan, a senior branch of the Bhosale clan. The Ghorpades were initially known as Bhosales. Santaji was the eldest son of Mhaloji Ghorpade of Bhalavani, who served as the Senapati during the reign of Chhatrapati Sambhaji for ...
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Sandur State
Sandur State was a princely state of India during the British Raj, part of the Madras States Agency. The ruling dynasty of the state was the Ghorpade clan of the Marathas. Its capital was the town of Sanduru. The last ruler, Raja Yeshwantrao Ghorpade, signed the Instrument of Accession to the Dominion of India on 10 August 1947. Sandur State covered an area of ; according to the 1901 Census, the population of the state was 11,200. Sandur State enjoyed an estimated annual revenue of £6,000 in 1901. History The former princely state of Sandur was founded in 1713 by Sidhoji Ghorpade, a Maratha general. He was the son of Bahirji Ghorpade and the nephew of the prominent Maratha commander Santaji Ghorpade. From 1710 to 1713, Sidhoji served as Senapati to Maharani Tarabai, the Maratha regent. In 1713, following a political rift with Tarabai, he severed ties with her and began asserting his independence. That same year, he successfully conquered Sandur and established it as a ...
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Yeshwantrao Ghorpade
Maharaja Srimant Yeshwantrao Hindurao Ghorpade (13 November 1908 - 11 October 1996) was the ruler of the princely state of Sandur from 1928 to 1949. He was the last Rajah of Sandur and presided over the accession of the state to the Dominion of India. He was also an ardent wildlife conservationist and member of the Bombay Natural History Society. Early life and education Yeshwantrao was born on 13 November 1908 in Sanduru, the capital of Sandur state to Bhujangrao Yeshwantrao Raje Ghorpade, the jagirdar of Gajendragad and his wife, Tarabai Sahib Ghorpade. Yeshwantrao had his education at Baldwin High School, Bangalore and Holkar College, Indore and graduated from the Allahabad University. On 5 May 1928, he succeeded his deceased cousin, Venkata Rao III as the Raja of Sandur and was formally installed on 20 June 1928. Reign Yeshwantrao ruled as the Rajah of Sandur till the state's accession to India on 10 August 1947. The state was initially governed by an administrator ti ...
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Gajendragad
Gajendragad (also called Gajendragada) is a Town Municipal Council city in Gadag district, Karnataka, India, with population of 32,359 as of 2011 Census data. It has an average elevation of 643 metres (2109 feet). It is about 55 kilometers from the district head quarter Gadag, 110 kilometers from Hubli, 200 kilometers from Belgaum and 450 kilometers from state capital Bangalore Introduction Gajendragad (Gajendra:Elephant;gad:fort), is a historical place in the Gadag district. The name Gajendragad is a combination of Elephant and a fort. Local people generally call it as ''Gada''. It is about 55 km from Gadag and is one of the big towns in the Gadag District. Gajendragad is a pilgrimage destination due to its ''Kalakaleshwara temple''. History Gajendragad is surrounded by the historical places associated with Badami Chalukyas and Western Chalukya and the places are Badami, Aihole, Pattadakal, Mahakuta, Banashankari, Sudi, Mahadeva Temple at Itagi and ...
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Rajaram I
Rajaram I (Rajaram Bhonsale, ; 24 February 1670 – 3 March 1700), also known as Ram Raaje, was the third king ( Chhatrapati) of the Maratha Kingdom, who ruled from 1689 to his death in 1700. He was the second son of Shivaji, the founder of the kingdom, and younger brother of Sambhaji whom he succeeded. His eleven-year reign was marked with a constant struggle against the Mughals. He was succeeded by his infant son Shivaji II under the regentship of his Rajmata Maharani Tarabai. Early life and family Rajaram was born in the Bhonsle dynasty to Shivaji and his second wife, Soyarabai, on 24 February 1670. He was thirteen years younger than his brother, Sambhaji. Given the ambitious nature of Soyarabai, Rajaram was installed on the Maratha throne upon the death of his father in 1680 at the age of 10. However, the Maratha generals wanted Sambhaji as the king and thus Sambhaji claimed the throne. Upon Sambhaji's death at the hands of the Mughals in 1689, Rajaram was informally ...
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Jayasinghrao Ghorpade
Jaysinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade (2 October 1930 – 29 March 1978) was an Indian cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...er who played in eight Test matches from 1953 to 1959. External links * 1930 births 1978 deaths India Test cricketers Indian cricketers 20th-century Indian sportsmen Baroda cricketers Indian Universities cricketers West Zone cricketers People from Satara district Cricketers from Maharashtra {{India-cricket-bio-1930s-stub ...
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Sujay Ghorpade
Sujay Ghorpade (born 10 January 1965) is an Indian table tennis player. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 .... References External links * 1965 births Living people Indian male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for India Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{India-tabletennis-bio-stub ...
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Ichalkaranji
Ichalkaranji ( t͡səlkəɾəɳd͡ʒiː is a city in Kolhapur District, Maharashtra, India. It is situated at the bank of the Panchganga River. History As described by Horace George Franks in the book ''The Story of Ichalkaranji'' (1929), the city has had various periods of political unrest. He describes the women of the House of Ichalkaranji rulers as active in defending and advancing the interests of the state, noting that their involvement was comparable to the men. A prominent example of such leadership is Anubai, the wife of Venkat Rao. Narayan Rao Babasaheb was the eighth ruler. He ascended to the seat in the year 1892. His rule was marked with progressive measures in all departments of the administration. As a young man, he received a well-rounded education, making it crucial to select those subjects that would be of special benefit in administrative affairs. In addition, he had travelled far and wide, visiting Java, the Malay Peninsula, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and Burm ...
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Kapshi Jagir
Kapshi Estate was a jagir in India during the British Raj. It was under the Kolhapur-Dekkan Residency in the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. The vassal state of Kapshi was located south of Kolhapur. It had a population of 3,414 in 1901.Great Britain India Office. ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India''. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909 History The father of the founder of the estate was Shrimant Senapati Malojirao Ghorpade, who died in the battle of Sangmeshwar against the Mughals. A general of the Maratha army, he was granted the title 'Senapati', a hereditary title of nobility used in the Maratha Empire, and became the first ruler of Kapshi in the second half of the 17th century. See also * Kolhapur State * List of Indian princely states Before the partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India. These were not part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which were under direct Bri ...
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Maratha Clans
The Marathi people (; Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a Marathi-speaking state of India on 1 May 1960, as part of a nationwide linguistic reorganisation of the States and union territories of India, Indian states. The term "Maratha" is generally used by historians to refer to all Marathi-speaking peoples, irrespective of their Caste system in India, caste; However, it may refer to a Maharashtrian caste known as the Maratha (caste), Maratha which also includes farmer sub castes like the Kunbis. The Marathi community came into political prominence in the 17th century, when the Maratha Empire was established by Shivaji in 1674. Etymology According to R. G. Bhandarkar, the term Maratha is derived from Rattas, a tribe which held politica ...
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Indian States
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respective subnational government. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government. History 1876–1919 The British Raj was a very complex political entity consisting of various imperial divisions and states and territories of varying autonomy. At the time of its establishment in 1876, it was made up of 584 constituent states and the directly ruled territories of the Crown. The entire empire was divided into provinces and agencies. A province consisted of territory under the direct rule of the Empe ...
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