PRESENT RULER: HH Raja Shrimant GANGADHARRAO BALASAHEB PATWARDHAN, 6th and present Raja of Miraj-Senior, since 25th March 1999.

born 1946 at Miraj, married in Pune, HH Rani Shrimant Soubhagyavati Umaraje G. Patwardhan, and has issue, two sons.

• Shrimant Yuvaraj Ramchandrarao Gangadharrao 'Rahul' Patwardhan, married Shrimant Soubhagyawati Janaki Devi Patwardhan, and had issue. He died of a heart attack on 1st July 2012.

  • Shrimant Yuvaraj Madhavrao Ramchandrarao Patwardhan, born 2000.

• Shrimant Rajkumar Gopalrao Bhayasaheb Gangadharrao Patwardhan, Manager of the Engineering companies in Pune under the name of Duke Industries Ltd.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: For predecessors see Jamkhandi.The state of Miraj was founded before 1750 and split into Senior and Junior branch's in 1820. It was the former capital of the Pre British Indian State of Sangli and lies in the Southern part of the present state of Maharashtra. Rulers were...

• Raja Shrimant GOVIND RAO PATWARDHAN, 1st Raja of Miraj, began as a commandant of the body of horse, distinguished himself in several expeditions against the Nizam of Hydrabad and Hyder Ali of Mysore, established the Maratha ascendency in Southern India and pushed the Maratha Conquests to the Tungbhadra on the frontier of Mysore, appointed Sardar by the Peshwa, took an active part in all the main events of the third Peshwa's reign and, in 1761, recieved an annual income of 2,541,900Rs for the expense of 8,000 horse to be maintained by him, married and had issue. He died in 1771.

  • Raja Shrimant Vaman Rao Patwardhan (qv)

  • Raja Shrimant Pandurang Rao Patwardhan (qv)

  • Raja Shrimant Gangadhar Rao Patwardhan (qv)

• Raja Shrimant VAMAN RAO PATWARDHAN, 2nd Raja of Miraj 1771/1775, inherited his father's military talents and was able to inflict a defeat on Haider Ali of Mysore. He died in 1775.

• Raja Shrimant PANDURANG RAO PATWARDHAN, 3rd Raja of Miraj 1775/1777, married and had issue.

  • Raja Shrimant Harihar Rao Patwardhan (qv)

  • Raja Shrimant Chintaman Rao Patwardhan (qv)

• Raja Shrimant HARIHAR RAO PATWARDHAN, 4th Raja of Miraj 1777/1782, born about 1765, died 1782.

• Raja Shrimant CHINTAMAN RAO APPASAHEB PATWARDHAN, 5th Raja of Miraj 1782/1801 and 1st Raja of Sangli 1801/-, born 1775, in 1801, during one of his battles, he was rumoured to have died and therefore his uncle, Gangadharrao crowned himself as Raja of Miraj. When Raja Chintamanrao returned he was angry and left the state with only an idol of Lord Ganesha and he vowed to set up another Capital for his Jagir, and thus he became the first Ruler of Sangli ^(#1). He had issue, four sons.

  • Shrimant Pandurangrao Chintamanrao Patwardhan. He d.v.p. young.

  • Shrimant Ganpatrao Chintamanrao Patwardhan. m. Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati (name unknown) Patwardhan. He d.v.p.s.p. at Sangli, 1826. His widow adopted a son and successor in 1834:

    • (A) Shrimant Vinayakrao Ganpatrao Patwardhan [Bhau Sahib]. He had issue, two sons.

      • Shrimant Ganpatrao Vinayakrao Patwardhan [Baha Sahib]. born 1841, educ. privately. He had issue, three sons.

        • Shrimant Chintamanrao Ganpatrao Patwardhan [Appa Sahib]. He died at Baramati, 21st November 1891, having had issue, two sons.

          • Shrimant Vinayakrao Chintamanrao Patwardhan [Bhau Sahib]. Adopted by the widow of Meherban Shrimant Sardar Dhundirajrao Chintamanrao Patwardhan [Tatya Sahib], Chief of Sangli, and succeeded as H.H. Meherban Shrimant Raja Sir Chintamanrao Dhundirajrao Patwardhan [Appa Sahib], Raja of Sangli.

          • Shrimant Vithalrao Chintamanrao Patwardhan [Bapu Sahib]. born 18th August 1891, educ. Cambridge Univ. (BA, LLB). Barr-at-Law. m. 1917, Shrimant Arkhand Soubhagyavati Malatai Patwardhan (born at Mudhol, 1899; died before 31st December 1930), educated at Theosophical Girls' School, Benares, and the National Univ., Adyar, Madras.

        • Shrimant Gopalrao Ganpatrao Patwardhan [Bala Sahib]. Adopted by Meherban Shrimant Sardar Gangadharrao I Ganpatrao Patwardhan [Bala Sahib], Chief of Miraj (Senior), and succeeded him as Meherban Shrimant Sardar Ganpatrao II Gangadharrao Patwardhan [Tatya Sahib], Chief of Miraj (Senior) (continued below)

        • Shrimant Govindrao Ganpatrao Patwardhan.

      • Shrimant Ganpatrao Vinayakrao Patwardhan.

  • Shrimant Moreshvarao Chintamanrao Patwardhan. b. at Sangli, November 1833. He d. there, May 1834.

  • Meherban Shrimant Sardar Dhundirajrao Chintamanrao Patwardhan [Tatya Sahib], Chief of Sangli.

• Raja Shrimant GANGADHAR RAO PATWARDHAN, 6th Raja of Miraj-Senior 1801/1820

  • Raja Ganpatrao I Patwardhan (qv)

  • Madhav Rao, 1st Raja of Miraj-Junior, a younger son of Gangadhar Rao, was the founder of junior branch of this family. He died in 1845 and was succeeded by his son Lakshman Rao, who died in 1876, in his sixty-eighth year.

1. Raja Shrimant GANPATRAO I PATWARDHAN, 1st Raja of Miraj-Senior 1820/1833

2. Raja Shrimant GANPATRAO II TATYASAHEB PATWARDHAN, 2nd Raja of Miraj-Senior 1833/1875

3. Raja Shrimant Sir GANGADHARRAO GANESH BALASAHEB PATWARDHAN, 3rd Raja of Miraj-Senior 1875/1939, born 9th February 1866, adopted in 1874 and succeeded 6th June 1875; K.C.I.E. [cr.1903]. He died 1939.

4. Raja Shrimant NARAYANRAO GANGADHARRAO TATYASAHEB PATWARDHAN, 4th Raja of Miraj-Senior 1939/1947, born 6th September 1898, succeeded 11th December 1939 ^(#2), married and had issue.

   • HH Raja Shri Madhavrao Narayanrao Raosaheb Patwardhan (qv)

   • Shrimant Mangalaraje Patwardhan

5. HH Raja Shrimant MADHAVRAO NARAYANRAO RAOSAHEB PATWARDHAN B.A., 5th Raja of Miraj-Senior 1947/1999, born 17th April 1922, educated at Fergusson College, Pune (B.A.); married HH Shrimant Rani Soubhagyavati Indumatidevi M. Patwardhan, and had issue. He died 25th March 1999 in Pune and was cremated on 27th March.

   • HH Raja Shrimant Gangadharrao Balasaheb Patwardhan (qv)

   • Rajkumar Shrimant Ganpatrao Bhausaheb Patwardhan, married Rani Shrimant Gayatri Devi, and has issue.

     • Rajkumari Nandita Raje, born about 1978, married 28th November 2004, Sumeer Kalmadi, born 1974, son of Suresh and Meera Kalmadi.

6. HH Raja Shrimant GANGADHARRAO BALASAHEB PATWARDHAN, 6th Raja of Miraj-Senior (see above)

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Radhikadevi Patwardhan