Sawantwadi State
Savantvadi State | |||||||||
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| 1554–1948 | |||||||||
Sawantwadi 1896 | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established by Mang Sawant | 1554 | ||||||||
| 1948 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1931 | 2,396 km2 (925 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1931 | 250,589 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Maharashtra, India | ||||||||
Savantvadi State, also spelt Sawantwadi ruled by the Sawant Bhonsale dynasty was one of the non-salute Maratha princely states during the British Raj. It was the only state belonging to the Kolaba Agency under the Bombay Presidency, which became later part of the Deccan States Agency. Its capital was at Sawantwadi, in the present-day Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra.
Sawantvadi State measured 438 square kilometers in area. According to the 1931 census, the population was 250,589. The official language of the inhabitants of the state was Marathi, while the local language is Malvani