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KOLHAPUR

The Bhonsle Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1822 - 1838 H.H. Shrimant Rajashri Shahaji III Chhatrapati Maharaj [Buwa Sahib], Raja of Kolhapur. b. 22^nd January 1802, second son of H.H. Shrimant Rajashri Shahu Shivaji III Chhatrapati Maharaj, Raja of Kolhapur, by his fourteenth wife, H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Kamaljabai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle, educ. privately. Installed as Regent for his infant nephew, 17^th July 1821. Succeeded on the death of his nephew and ascended the gadi on the same day, 3^rd January 1822. Granted a personal salute of 21-guns in 1827. m. (first) H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Ambikabai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle (d. before 1828), daughter of Shrimant Sardar Appajirao Naik Nimbalkar, of Wathar. m. (second) H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sakwarbai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle, daughter of Shrimant Rajashri Daulatrao Mohite, Hambirrao. m. (third) H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sagunabai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle (she starved herself to death when forbidden from committing sati by the British authorities, after 6^th December 1838), née Shrimant Babai Shirke, daughter of Shrimant Jivanrao Shirke. m. (fourth) ca. 1827 H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Anandibai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle (d. at Kolhapur, 1853), née Shrimant Tarabai Sahib Patankar, daughter of Shrimant Sardar Jotyajirao Patankar, by his wife, the daughter of Meherban Shrimant Sardar Haibatrao Gaekwad, Vishwasrao. m. (fifth) H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Rajasbai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle, daughter of Shrimant Manyajirao Khanvalkar. m. (sixth) H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Narmadabai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle (d. at Kolhapur, February 1831), daughter of Meherban Shrimant Madhavrao Ghatge, Sarjerao. m. (seventh) H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Umabai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle (d. before 1830), daughter of Meherban Shrimant Chiranjiva Rajashri Yeshwantrao Ghatge, Sarjerao, Chief of Kagal (Junior) by his wife Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Aubai [Akka Sahib] Maharaj Ghatge, eldest daughter of H.H. Shrimant Raja Shahu Shivaji II Bhonsle Chhatrapati Maharaj, Raja of Kolhapur. m. (eighth) H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Kamalabai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle, daughter of Shrimant Sardar Manyajirao Ingle. He d. at Yevati, 29^th November 1838 (cremated at Pandharpur), having had issue three sons and two daughters:

1) H.H. Shrimant Rajashri Shivaji III Chhatrapati Maharaj Shahaji Dam Altaphoo [Baba Sahib], Raja of Kolhapur (s/o Anandi Bai) - see below.
2) Shrimant Rajkumar Shahu Maharaj Bhonsle [Chima Sahib]. b. at Kolhapur, 8^th January 1831 (s/o Narmada Bai), educ. privately. Implicated in the Indian Mutiny, charged with sedition and banished to Karachi, 31^st March 1858. m. at Kolhapur, 1^st May 1847, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sakwarbai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle (committed suicide at Kolhapur on hearing of her husband's exile, 2^nd April 1858), daughter of Shrimant Sardar Narsinhrao Jivrao Shinde, of Nesri. He d.s.p. at Karachi, 1869.
3) Shrimant Rajkumar Rajaram Maharaj Bhonsle [Bala Sahib]. b. at the Raviwar-wada, Kolhapur, 25^th July 1838 (s/o Anandi Bai). He d. young. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
1) Shrimant Rajkumari Umabai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Aubai Patankar]. m. at Kolhapur, 1845, Shrimant Sardar Ramchandrarao Patankar [Dada Sahib], of Patan, son of Meherban Shrimant Sardar Nagojirao Patankar, of Patan, by his wife Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Chimnabai Sahib Maharaj, the fifth daughter of H.H. Shrimant Raja Shahu Shivaji II Chhatrapati Maharaj, Raja of Kolhapur (see above). She had issue, one son and one daughter:
- a) Meherban Shrimant Nagojirao Patankar. b. at Kolhapur, 13^th April 1850. Adopted by Raja Shivaji IV, 1^st August 1866, and ascended the gadi as H.H. Shrimant Rajashri Rajaram I Chhatrapati Maharaj Bahadur, Raja of Kolhapur - see below.
- a) Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati …Bai Sahib Ghorpade. m. at Kolhapur, February 1870, Shrimant Sardar Subhanrao Ghorpade, Sar Lashkar Bahadur.
2) Shrimant Rajkumari Balabai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle [Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Balabai Maharaj Ghatge] [Akka Sahib]. m. at Kolhapur, 1848, as his first wife, Meherban Shrimant Chiranjiva Rajashri Narayanrao Ghatge [Nana Sahib], Sarjerao, Chief of Kagal (Junior) (b. ca. 1833; d. at Kagal House, Kolhapur, July 1881), eldest son of Meherban Shrimant Chiranjiva Rajashri Yeshwantrao Ghatge, Sarjerao, Chief of Kagal (Junior), by his wife, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Aubai Maharaj Ghatge [Akka Sahib], eldest daughter of H.H. Shrimant Raja Shahu Shivaji II Chhatrapati Maharaj, Raja of Kolhapur (see above). She d. at Kagal House, Kolhapur, 1867, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
- a) H.H. Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Jaisinhrao Ghatge Ghatge [Abba Sahib], Sarjerao, Vazarat, Ma-ab, Chief of Kagal (Senior). b. at Kagal House, Kolhapur, 5^th March 1857, educ. privately. Adopted by Sundara Bai, widow of Meherban Shrimant Govindrao Ghatge, Chief of Kagal (Senior), 9^th August 1868. Invested with full ruling powers, 5^th October 1878. Appointed Regent of Kolhapur, a 9-gun salute, and the personal style of His Highness, 13^th March 1882. m. (first) 1864, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Radhabai Raje Ghatge [Baba Sahib] (b. 1857; d. November 1877), only daughter of Meherban Shrimant Balwantrao Venkatrao Raje Ghorpade, Chief of Mudhol. m. (second) 1878, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Radhabai Sahib Ghatge (b. 1864), daughter of the Surve family of Kuchumba, Ratnagiri District. He d. at Kagal House, Kolhapur, 20^th March 1885, having had issue two sons, including:
  - i) Meherban Shrimant Yeshwantrao [Baba Sahib] Ghatge, Sarjerao. b. at the Royal Palace, Kolhapur, 26^th July 1874 (s/o Radha Bai). Adopted by H.H Rani Anandbai Sahib Bhonsle, widow of H.H. Raja Shivaji IV, 17^th March 1884 and ascended the gadi on the same day as H.H. Kshatriya-Kulawatasana Sinhasanadhishwar, Shrimant Rajashri Sir Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Kolhapur - see below.
- b) Shrimant …Bai Sahib Ghatge. b. at Kagal House, Kolhapur, 1858.

1838 - 1866 H.H. Shrimant Rajashri Shivaji III Chhatrapati Maharaj Shahaji Dam Altaphoo [Baba Sahib], Raja of Kolhapur, KCSI (24.5.1866). b. at The Sarnobat Mansion, 26^th December 1830, elder son of H.H. Shrimant Rajashri Shahaji III Chhatrapati Maharaj [Buwa Sahib], Raja of Kolhapur, by his fourth wife, H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Anandibai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his father, 29^th November 1838. Ascended the gadi, 13^th December 1838 and reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age. Invested with full ruling powers, 1863. Granted a hereditary salute of 17-guns 1863, later increased to a personal salute of 19-guns. m. (first) at Kolhapur, 26^th April 1847, H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sundrabai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle (b. 1835; d. at Kolhapur, 21^st December 1866), daughter of Meherban Shrimant Khasajirao Sahib Patankar, of Patan. m. (second) at Baroda, 17^th May 1854, H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Rani Ahilyabai Barodekarin Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle (b. at the Royal Palace, Baroda, 1842; d. at Kolhapur, 14^th December 1895), née alias Shrimant Maharajkumari Khalsaibai Sahib Gaekwad, daughter of H.H. Shrimant Maharaja Ganpatrao Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur, Maharaja of Baroda. He d. at the Old Palace, Kolhapur, 4^th August 1866, having had issue, three sons:

1) Shrimant Yuvraj Shahaji Chhatrapati Maharaj Bhonsle [Bala Sahib]. b. at Kolhapur, 24^th August 1848 (s/o Sundra Bai). He d. March 1849.
2) An unnamed son of Sundra Bai. b. at Kolhapur, 13^th November 1855 and d. 26^th May 1857.
3) An unnamed son of Ahilya Bai. b. at Kolhapur, 18^th June 1858 and d. of smallpox, 1863.

1866 - 1870 H.H. Shrimant Rajashri Rajaram I Chhatrapati Maharaj Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Kolhapur. b. at Kolhapur, 13^th April 1850, as Meherban Shrimant Nagojirao Patankar, only son of Shrimant Sardar Ramchandrarao [Dada Sahib] Patankar, of Patan, by his wife, Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Aubai Patankar alias Umabai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle, eldest daughter of H.H. Shrimant Raja Shahaji III Chhatrapati Maharaj [Buwa Sahib], Raja of Kolhapur, educ. privately. Adopted by H.H. Shrimant Rajashri Shivaji III Chhatrapati Maharaj, as Shrimant Yuvraj Rajaram Chhatrapati Bhonsle, 1^st August 1866. Succeeded on the death of his adopted father, 4^th August 1866. Ascended the gadi, 17^th August 1866 and reigned under a Council of Regency. Granted a hereditary salute of 19-guns, 26^th June 1867. m. (first) at Phaltan, 21^st March 1867, H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Rani Tarabai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle (b. at Phaltan, 1855; d. at Kolhapur, 15^th July 1874), daughter of Meherban Shrimant Sardar Mudhojirao IV Janojirao Naik Nimbalkar, Chief of Phaltan, CSI. m. (second) 13^th December 1867, H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Rani Sakwarbai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle alias Krishnabai (b. 1854; d. at Kolhapur, 25^th May 1912), sister of Meherban Shrimant Gopalrao Nimbalkar, Sar Lashkar Bahadur. He d.s.p.m. at Florence, Italy, 30^th November 1870 (cremated on the banks of the Arno by special permission of the Italian Council of Ministers), having had issue an only daughter:

1) A daughter born to Sakwarbai in March but d. in June 1870.

1870 - 1871 Interregnum.

1871 - 1883 H.H. Shrimant Rajashri Shivaji IV Chhatrapati Maharaj Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Kolhapur, KCSI (1.1.1877). b. 5^th April 1863, as Shrimant Narayanrao Dinkarrao Bhonsle, son of Meherban Shrimant Sardar Dinkarrao Narayanjirao Bhonsle (Khanwatkar), of Sawarde, by his wife, the sister of Shrimant Sardar Pritirao Ratajirao Chavan, Himmat Bahadur, educ. Rajaram Coll., Kolhapur and Rajkumar Coll., Rajkot. Adopted by H.H. Rani Tarabai Sahib Bhonsle, the senior widow of H.H. Shrimant Rajajshri Rajaram I Chhatrapati Maharaj Sahib Bahadur, 12^th October 1871. Ascended the gadi on the same day as Shrimant Rajashri Shivaji IV Chhatrapati Maharaj Sahib Bahadur. Reigned under a Council of Regency until he came of age. Presented with a Sword of Honour by the Prince of Wales (King-Emperor Edward VII) 1875. Placed under protective custody for insanity and a Regent appointed to administer the affairs of the state, 13^th March 1882. Rcvd: the Prince of Wales's (1875) and KIH (1877) gold medals. m. at Kolhapur, 21^st May 1878, H.H. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Rani Anandbai Sahib Maharaj Bhonsle alias Yamunabai (b. at Satara, 1868; d.s.p. at Kolhapur, 14^th September 1903), daughter of Meherban Shrimant Waghojirao Shirke, of Satara. He d.s.p. at the Fort, Ahmednagar, from blows and wounds received from his temporary guardian, Private Green, 25^th December 1883.

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