Pratap Singh (Raja of Satara)

Pratap Singh
8th Chhatrapati of the Marathas
Reign3 May 1808 – April 1818
PredecessorShahu II
SuccessorPosition abolished
PeshwaBaji Rao II
1st Raja Chhatrapati of Satara
Reign1818 – 5 September 1839
PredecessorPosition established
SuccessorShahaji
Born(1793-01-18)18 January 1793
Ajinkyatara Fort, Satara, Maratha Confederacy (present-day Maharashtra, India)
Died14 October 1847(1847-10-14) (aged 54)
Benares, Benares State, British India (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
HouseBhosale
FatherShahu II
MotherGirjabai Raje Bhosle
ReligionHinduism

Pratap Singh Bhonsale (18 January 1793 – 14 October 1847) was the eighth and last Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire from 1808 to 1818, when he surrendered to the British during the Third Anglo-Maratha War. He was also the Raja of Satara from 1818 until 1839, when he was replaced with Shahaji of Satara by the British.[1][2]

  1. ^ Kulkarni, Sumitra (1995). The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture. Mittal Publications. p. 29. ISBN 978-81-7099-581-4.
  2. ^ Kulkarni, Sumitra (1995). The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture. Mittal Publications. pp. 21–24. ISBN 978-8-17099-581-4.

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