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

Historical Maratha dynasties with original clans spread globally edit

Maratha Clans around present day India	Region(s) Controlled	Present State
Bhonsale	Maratha Empire Satara State† Kolhapur State Sawantwadi State Akkalkot State Kingdom of Nagpur† Barshi	Maharashtra
Bhonsale	Thanjavur State†	Tamil Nadu
Ghorpade	Mudhol State Sandur State	Karnataka
Mehere (Maratha)	Jaoli State	Maharashtra
Gaekwad	Baroda State	Gujarat
Holkar	Indore State	Madhya Pradesh
Shinde	Gwalior State	Madhya Pradesh
Pawar	Dewas Senior Dewas Junior Dhar State	Madhya Pradesh
Newalkar	Jhansi State†	Uttar Pradesh
Bhave	Ramdurg State	Karnataka
Gandekar	Bhor State	Maharashtra
Karkare	Jalaun State†	Uttar Pradesh
Patwardhan	Jamkhandi State	Karnataka
Patwardhan	Sangli State Miraj Senior Miraj Junior Kurundvad Senior Kurundvad Junior	Maharashtra
Nimbalkar	Phaltan State	Maharashtra
Chavan	Jath State	Maharashtra
Pant Pratinidhi (Jaykar)	Aundh State	Maharashtra

† - States annexed by the British East India Company

Maratha Princely States edit

The Marathas ruled much of India in the period immediately preceding the consolidation of British rule in India. The Maratha states came to form the largest bloc of princely states in the British Raj, in terms of territory and population.^{[citation needed]}^[1]

The Maratha Salute state and Head of State by precedence edit

Baroda, title Maharaja Gaikwad, Hereditary salute of 21-guns
Gwalior, 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
Sangli, title Raja, Hereditary salute of 11-guns
Bhor (Gandekar State), title Raja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns
Jawhar State, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns
Savantwadi (Sawantwadi), title Raja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns
Mudhol State, title Raja, Hereditary salute of 9-guns

Non-salute states edit

Non-salute Maratha states, alphabetically:

Akkalkot State , title Raja
Aundh State, title Pant Pratinidhi
Kolaba State, title Sarkhel (until the first half of the 18th century)
Jamkhandi State, title Raja
Jath State, title Raja
Kurundvad Junior, title Rao
Kurundwad Senior, title Rao
Miraj Junior, title Rao Saheb Patwardhan
Miraj Senior, title Rao Saheb Patwardhan
Phaltan State, title Maharaj
Surgana State, title Raja
Ramdurg State, title Saheb
Sandur State, title Raja

States Annexed by the British under the Doctrine of Lapse edit

Nagpur State (1818–1853) – Annexed by the East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse in 1853.
Satara State – Abolished in 1848 by the East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse.^[2]
Thanjavur – Annexed by the East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse.
Jhansi State – Annexed by the East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse; recaptured briefly by Rani Lakshmi Bai (4 June 1857 – 4/5 April 1858).
Jalaun State - Annexed by the East India Company under the Doctrine of Lapse in 1840.

References edit

^ "Anglo-Maratha Wars". World History Encyclopedia.
^ Ramusack, Barbara N. (2007). The Indian princes and their states (Digitally print. version. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-0521039895. Retrieved 13 October 2016.