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The Kolhapur State was a Maratha princely state of India, under the Deccan Division of the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. [1] It was considered the most important of the Maratha principalities [citation needed] with the others being Baroda State, Gwalior State and Indore State.
Kolhapur is known as 'Dakshin Kashi' or Kashi of the South because of its spiritual history and the antiquity of its shrine Mahalaxmi, better known as Ambabai. [6] The region is known for the production of the famous handcrafted and braided leather slippers called Kolhapuri chappal , which received the Geographical Indication designation in ...
First Official Raja of kolhapur.Deposed by his stepmother, Rajasbai in favour of her own son, Sambhaji II Sambhaji II: 1698 1714–1760 18 December 1760 Signed treaty of Varna with Shahu I to formalize the existence of two seats of the dynasty at Satara and Kolhapur respectively. [74] Shivaji III: 1756 22 September 1762 – 24 April 1813 24 ...
Sambhaji II or Sambhaji I of Kolhapur (1698 – 18 December 1760) was a Raja of Kolhapur from Bhonsle dynasty. He was a grandson of Shivaji and the second son of Chhatrapati Rajaram with his second wife, Rajasbai.
At different periods in their history, the Shilaharas served as the vassals of either the Rashtrakutas or the Chalukyas. [ citation needed ] From the early 11th century to the 12th century the Deccan Plateau , including a large part of Maharashtra, was dominated by the Western Chalukya Empire and the Chola dynasty . [ 23 ]
Kolhapur district (Marathi pronunciation: [kolʱaːpuɾ]) is a district in the Maharashtra state of India. The city of Kolhapur is its district headquarter. It is situated near Panchaganga river.
The Maratha emperor Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj had escaped to it after being besieged at Panhala Fort in 1660 [5] and in 1844 it was one of the forts of Kolhapur State that initiated a rebellion against a regent called Daji Krishna Pandit who had been installed by the British to govern the state in 1843 at a time when the natural heir to the ...
Kolhapur Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the constituencies of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha, in India. It was a segment of Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency . [ 1 ] Kolhapur seat existed until the 2004 elections after which it was bifurcated into Kolhapur North & Kolhapur South seat in 2008.