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Aundh State
Origins
Aundh was granted in 1699 to Parshuram Trimbak, appointed Pratinidhi (viceregent) by the Maratha king Rajaram. His Brahmin family held the hereditary title of Pant Pratinidhi and the lands attached to it.
Rule and society
The rulers governed a dry Deccan territory near Satara. Bhawanrao Pant Pratinidhi, who reigned from 1909 to 1947, promoted the surya namaskar exercise and the arts, and in 1938, with the advice of Gandhi, introduced the Aundh Experiment, handing power to village panchayats under a constitution drafted with Maurice Frydman.
Decline and legacy
Aundh merged into Bombay Province in 1948 and became part of Maharashtra in 1960, in Satara district.
Lineage
Aundh StateDominion of India 1947 CE – 1950 CE
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- Aundh State was a vassal of Maratha Empire1699 CE – 1818 CE
- Aundh State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1818 CE – 1858 CE
- Aundh State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
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