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.

Ruins of the Raigad Fort which served as a capital of the Maratha Empire in the 17th century

The list of the historical Maratha Princely States within the present day Maharashtra is given herein
below.
Ruler/s Area/s ruled within the present day Maharashtra. Bhoite - Satara, Kolhapur, Jalgaon.
Bhonsle - Kolhapur, Satara, Nagpur, Akkalkot, Sawantwadi, Venegaon, Barshi,
Mungi, Nannaj, shelgaon(R).
Dhamale - Mulshi, Maval, Pune.
Dhumal - Veer, Pasure, Jogawadi, Bramhanghar (Pune).
Dubal/Deshmukh - Karad, Nimsod.
Gavhane - Ahemadnagar, Beed.
Gaekwad(Gaikwad) - Kaulane, Malegaon, Nashik, Kille-Dharur, Beed, Kondhapuri, Kolwadi,
shelgaon(R), Janapur in Bidar Dist. Karanatak.
Ghatge (or Ghadge) - Lalgun, Malavadi, Mol, Budh, kumathe, Diskal, Rajapur, Satara, Kagal,
Kolhapur.
Ghorpade - Venegaon (Satara), Kapshi (Senapati), Kolhapur.
Jagadale - Masur, Dangirewadi, Budh, Bidal.
Jagtap - Saswad (Pune) & Satara.
Jathar - isapur (Ahmednagar).
Jedhe - Kari.
Kadam - Pune, Satara and Sangli.
Kakade - Pune, Baramati, Yawali (Barshi), Theur.
Kale-Deshmukh - Satara, Rashin.
Kanade - Verul (Aurangabad), Ahmednagar.
Mahadik - Satara, Nagpur, Kolhapur.
Mane - Mhasawad, Rahimatpur, Visapur, Tasgaon, khujgaon, savarde.

Mohite - Talbid, Koriwale, Shel-Pimpalgaon.

More - Jawali.
Nalawade - Pune, Satara and Sangli.
Nehe - Nashik, Pune.
Nikam - Malegaon-Nashik.
Nimbalkar - Phaltan.
Patne - Wai, Satara and Sangli.
Pol - Tisangi, Savlag (Sangli). Salokhe - Tandulwadi, Sangali.
Sawant - Kudal, Sawantwadi.
Shinde or (Scindia) - Satara.
Shitole - Ankali.
Talokar - Amravati, Akola.
Taur - 22 & half villages on the bank of river of "Godavari" in Jalna,Beed.
Thorat - Walwa, Sangamner, Daund, Walki.
Yadava-Deshmukh - Aundh, Kadepur.
Yadava-Patil - Yelavi, Sangli and Kolhapur.
Yadavas/Jadhavs of Deogiri - Daulatabad, Sangli and Kolhapur, Sindkhed Raja, Koregaon, MulUruli Kanchan, Vidarbha region, Nashik, Osmanabad, and Satara.
Zende - Saswad, Pune.
Padwal - Pune, Satara, Kolhapur.
Rege (Sarmandal) - Nemawar, Handia and Indore and Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh and Nechad in
Maharashtra.