PRESENT RULER: (Dharwar, Karnataka, India)

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Founder of the family was Shri Valabhasinh Cholaraj Ghorpade, the second son of Raja CHOLARAJ GHORPADE of Mudhol. The estate was recognized by the British Government as a saranjam and had been declared by the Bombay High Court in 1868 to be partible, the issue was re-examined in 1891 and the Government passed a Resolution in 1891 stating that "the whole of the Gajendragad estate was a saranjam continuable as hereditary in the fullest sense of the word".

• Shrimant Sardar Bahirojirao Ghorpade Hindurao, Saranjamdar of Gajendragad, married and had issue.

  • Shrimant Sardar Bhujangrao Bahirojirao [Appasaheb] Ghorpade Hindurao (qv)

• Shrimant Sardar Bhujangrao Bahirojirao [Appasaheb] Ghorpade Hindurao, Saranjamdar of Gajendragad -/1844, recognised by the British Government as the Saranjamdar of the Gajendragad estate, married and had issue. He died 1844.

  • Shrimant Sardar Daulatrao Bhujangrao Ghorpade Hindurao (qv)

• Shrimant Sardar Daulatrao I Bhujangrao Ghorpade Hindurao, Saranjamdar of Gajendragad 1844/1864, married and had issue. He died 24th July 1864.

  • Shrimant Sardar Bhujangrao Daulatrao Ghorpade Hindurao (qv)

  • Shrimant Malojirao Daulatrao Ghorpade, he inherited 7 villages as his share of the patrimony; married and had issue.

    • Shrimant Daulatrao III Malojirao Ghorpade, married and had issue.

      • Shrimant Malojirao Daulatrao Ghorpade, married and had issue. He died after 1952.

        • Shrimant Murarrao Malojirao Ghorpade, married and had issue.

          • Shrimant Daulatrao Murarrao Ghorpade, adopted by his uncle (see below).

        • Shrimant Shambhu Malojirao Ghorpade, adopted his nephew, married and had adopted issue.

          • Shrimant Daulatrao Shambu Ghorpade (born as Shrimant Daulatrao Murarrao Ghorpade), adopted by his uncle (see above), married and has issue.

            • Shrimant Shambhusinhrao Daulatrao Ghorpade

        • Shrimant Vijaysinhrao Malojirao Ghorpade, married and had issue.

          • Kumari Sunila Raje Ghorpade, married Shrimant Rane of Sangli.

          • Kumari Harshala Raje Ghorpade

          • Kumari Methila Raje Ghorpade

  • Shrimant Yeshwantrao Daulatrao [alias Annasaheb] Ghorpade, married and had issue.

    • Shrimant Bhujangrao II Yeshwantrao Ghorpade

• Shrimant Sardar Bhujangrao I Daulatrao Ghorpade Hindurao, Saranjamdar of Gajendragad 1864/1881, married Shrimant Rani Krishnabai, she adopted a relative on 3rd February 1882 who was recognised as the heir in respect of that portion of the estate which lay within the Principality of Kolhapur; the adoption was later recognized by the Bombay Government, regarding the property in British India, and a resolution was passed on the 26th of April 1882, embodying the above decision. He died sp 1881.

  • (A) Shrimant Sardar Daulatrao II Bhujangrao Ghorpade Hindurao (qv)

• Shrimant Sardar Daulatrao II Bhujangrao Ghorpade Hindurao, Saranjamdar of Gajendragad 1881/1931, married and had issue. He died 8th May 1931.

  • Shrimant Sardar Bhujangrao III Daulatrao Ghorpade Hindurao (qv)

  • Shrimant Babasaheb Bahirojirao Daulatrao Ghorpade, married Bai Abayabai, she adopted her nephew, Shrimant Vijaysinhrao Dattajirao on 10th July 1941. He died 14th May 1940.

    • Shrimant Dattajirao Bahirojirao

  • Shrimant Dattajirao Daulatrao Ghorpade, married and had issue.

    • Shrimant Vijaysinhrao Dattajirao Ghorpade, adopted by Bai Abayabai, widow of Shrimant Babasaheb Bahirojirao Ghorpade on 10th July 1941.

• Shrimant Sardar Bhujangrao III Daulatrao Ghorpade Hindurao, Saranjamdar of Gajendragad 1932/-, he was granted the Saranjam of Gajendragad by order of the Government of Bombay on 7th June 1932. He died after 1952.