Bhor State
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Bombay Presidency
The Bombay Presidency was a province of British India. It was established in the 17th century as a trading post for the English East India Company, but later grew to encompass much of western and central India, as well as parts of post-partition Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.At its greatest...
, and later the Deccan States Agency
Deccan States Agency
The Deccan States Agency was a unit of British India exercising suzerainty over a number of princely states. The agency was created in the 1930s, and was composed of a number of princely states in western India, located in the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka...
. Along with Akkalkot State
Akkalkot State
Akkalkot State during the British Raj, was a princely state. The non-salute state came under the Deccan States Agency and was bordered by Hyderabad State and the presidency of Bombay Presidency. The area of the state was 498 sq. miles; its population in 1901 was 82,047, while the population of the...
, Aundh State
Aundh State
Aundh State was a princely state in British India, in the Deccan States Agency division of the Bombay Presidency. It was one of the Satara Jagirs, and was founded in 1699. It was founded by Parshuram Tryambak Pant Pratinidhi who was warrior during the period of Sambhaji Raje and Rajaram Maharaj...
, Phaltan State
Phaltan State
Phaltan Statewas one of the non-salute princely states of British India, under the central division of the Bombay Presidency, under the states of the Kolhapur-Dekkan Residency, Satara Agency and later the Deccan States Agency. It was one of the Satara Jahagirs. The state measured 397 square miles...
, and Jath State
Jath State
Jath State, also spelled Joth, was one of the non-salute princely states of British India, under the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. It was one of the southern Maratha Jagirs...
, it was one of the Satara Jagirs. Situated among the higher peaks of the Western Ghats
Western Ghats
The Western Ghats, Western Ghauts or the Sahyādri is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan...
, the state covered an area of 2,357 square kilometres, and had a population of 137,268 in 1901. Its Hindu
Hindu
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rulers, of the Deshastha brahmin
Deshastha Brahmin
Deshastha Brahmins are the original and the oldest Hindu Brahmin sub-caste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra and some districts of northern Karnataka. The word Deshastha comes from the Sanskrit words Desha and Stha which mean inland or country and resident respectively...
caste
Caste
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, used the title "Pantsachiv" and were entitled to a hereditary 9-gun salute. Its flag was a red swallow-tailed pennant.
The state was founded by Shankarji Narayan, who was appointed as the Pantsachiv, one of the eight hereditary ministers by Rajaram Chhatrapati in 1697, and was acceded to the Dominion of India
Dominion of India
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on 8 March 1948. The last Ruler of Bhor was Raja Shrimant Sir Raghunathrao Shankarrao Babasaheb Pandit Pantsachiv. The town of Bhor, once the capital of the princely state, is located about 51 kilometres south of Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
, adjacent to Bhatghar Dam
Bhatghar Dam
Bhatghar Dam, is a gravity dam on Yelwanti river near Bhor in State of Maharashtra in India.-Specifications:The height of the dam above lowest foundation is while the length is . The volume content is and gross storage capacity is ....
. The royal palace is still present. Also present in the vicinity is the temple of Bhoreshwar, dedicated to Lord Shiva. A temple dedicated to goddesses Janubai and Khiloba are located in Mhalawadi, a village close by Bhatghar Dam
Bhatghar Dam
Bhatghar Dam, is a gravity dam on Yelwanti river near Bhor in State of Maharashtra in India.-Specifications:The height of the dam above lowest foundation is while the length is . The volume content is and gross storage capacity is ....
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Bajiprabhu Deshpande lived in Shind, which is 8 km from Bhor. Fort Raireshwar and Fort Rohideshwar are near Bhor
Bhor
Bhor is a city and a municipal council in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India.- Geography :Bhor is located at . It has an average elevation of 588 metres .- Demographics :...
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Rulers of Bhor
- Pantsachiv Chimnajirao (–1827)
- Pantsachiv Raghunathrao Chimnajirao (1827–1837)
- Pantsachiv Chimnajirao Raghunathrao (1837–1871)
- Pantsachiv Shankarrao Chimnajirao (1871–1922)
- Raja Shrimant Sir Raghunathrao Shankarrao Bhausaheb Pandit Pantsachiv (1922–1951)
- Raja Shrimant Sadashivrao Babasaheb Pandit Pantsachiv (1951-1978)
- Raja Shrimant Chintamanrao Abasaheb Pandit Pantsachiv (1978 - present)