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Surgana State

1700 CE – 1948 CE (approx.) · capital Surgana

A small hill state in the Sahyadri ranges north of Nashik, ruled by a local chiefly family over a largely tribal population.

Origins

Surgana lay in the hills on the border of Gujarat and Maharashtra, and was ruled by a family of Deshmukhs. The register dates it to around 1700. Its origins are known mainly from local tradition.

Rule and society

The chief ruled a forested territory inhabited mostly by Koknas, Warlis and other Adivasi communities, who practised hill farming. In the British period Surgana was a minor non-salute state, later grouped in the Deccan States Agency. Few further details are recorded.

Decline and legacy

Surgana merged into Bombay Province in 1948 and became part of Maharashtra in 1960. It is now a taluka of Nashik district.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Surgana StateDominion of India 1947 CE – 1950 CE

Connections (2)

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Surgana State. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/surgana-state
MLA
“Surgana State.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/surgana-state. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Surgana State.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/surgana-state.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Surgana State’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/surgana-state (Accessed: ).

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