Kagir Junior (Jagir)

Information

DynastyGhatge
Area46.61 km²
Accession1956
Revenue 75,000
Villages6
Population6,500
ReligionHinduism

Short History

This jagir consists of 6 villages and a Deshmukhi watan yielding an annual income of Rs. 75,000. Its area is nearly 18 square miles and the population is about 6,500 souls.

Jagirdar of Kagal (Junior) belongs to the same family, to which Chief of Kagal Senior belongs.

Predecessors

  • Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Narayanrao Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh, Chief of Kagal-Junior -/1894, born 1834, married 1848, Shrimant Balabai Raje Bhonsle Saheb, died about 1866, daughter of Raja Chhatrapati Shahji I Bhonsle of Kolhapur, and had issue.
    • Shrimant Jaisinghrao Narayanrao [Abasaheb] Ghatge, adopted into Kagal Senior.
    • Shrimant Sardar Bapusaheb Kakasaheb Ghatge, died after 1922.
  • Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Dattajirao Narayanrao [Bala Sahib] Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh, Chief of Kagal-Junior 1894/1946, born 7th July 1874, adopted from Kagal Senior, educated privately and at Rajaram College, Kolhapur, he was invested with administrative powers by HH the Maharaja of Kolhapur in March 1898; married three wives, including the first in 1895, and had issue. He died 1946.
    • Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Yeshwantrao Dattajirao [Appa Sahib] Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh (by 1st wife) (qv)
    • Shrimant Sardar Fatehsinhrao Dattajirao Ghatge (by 3rd wife), married Maharajkumari Sita Raje Sahib, daughter of HH Maharajadhiraj Holkar Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Tukoji Rao III Holkar of Indore, and his wife, HH Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sharmishtha Devi Bai Sahiba, and had issue.
      • Shrimant Sardar Vijayendra Ghatge, Bollywood actor; married and has issue. (H. No. 249/15 Nagala Park, Kolhapur, India)
      • Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Sunanda Raje Sahib, died 1984 in the terrorist bombing of the Air India flight Kanishka.
    • Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Chandraprabha Raje Sahib [HH Maharani Sanyogitabai Raje Sahib of Indore] (by 3rd wife), born 1913, died 13th July 1937, married Maj.-Gen. HH Maharajadhiraj Holkar Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Yeshwant Rao II Holkar Bahadur of Indore, and had issue.
  • Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Yeshwantrao Dattajirao Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh, Chief of Kagal-Junior 1946/-, born 1899, married a Princess from Savantvadi, and had issue.
    • Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Ajitsinh Yeshwantrao Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh (qv)
    • Shrimant Sardar Himmatsinh Yeshwantrao Ghatge, married and had issue.
      • Shrimant Sardar Jitendrasinh Himmatsinh Ghatge, married 7th December 1986, Rajkumari Suryamalaraje [Rani Shrimant Uttararaje Jitendrasinh Ghatge of Kagal-Junior], daughter of Raje Laxamanraosaheb Maharaj Bhonsle (Senior) of Nagpur, and his wife, Rani Mangalaraje, and has issue.
        • Kumari Manviraje Ghatge, born 3rd February 1987.
        • Kumar Yashraje Jitendrasinh Ghatge, born 24th February 1997.
    • Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Vaijantimala Raje Sahib, married Major Sardar Daulatrao Vishwasrao Ghorpade of Dattawad, and has issue.
      • Shrimant Karnasingh Daulatrao Ghorpade, married Saubhgyavati Darshana Mane
      • Rajkumarani Shrimant Sangeeta Raje (née Ghorpade), married Rajkumar Shrimant Anandrao Gaekwad of Baroda, and has issue, two sons.
        • Shrimant Shivajirao Raje Gaekwad
        • Shrimant Udaysinghrao Raje Gaekwad
  • Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Ajitsinh Yeshwantrao Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh, Chief of Kagal-Junior -/2012, born 28th March 1927, married 29th May 19xx, Rani Satyavatiraje Bhonsle, born 6th August 19xx, daughter of HH Raja Bahadur Khem Savant V Bhonsle of Savantvadi, and his wife, HH Rani Lakshmi Devi, and had issue, one son. He died 2012.
    • Shrimant Sardar Mrugendrasinh Ajitsinh Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh (qv)
  • Meherban Shrimant Rajamanya Rajashri Mrugendrasinh Ajitsinh Ghatge Sarjerao Deshmukh, present Chief of Kagal-Junior 2012/-, born 8th June 1951, married 16th May 1979, Kumari Chanchallaraje (Rani Shrimant Mruganainaraje Mrugendrasinh Ghatge of Kagal-Junior), born 15th October 1959, daughter of Thakore Saheb Bhupendrasinhji Pralhadsinhji Gohil of Lathi, and his wife Thakurani Durgaraje, and has issue.
    • Kumari Akshayaraje, born 14th April 1980.
    • Kumari Shoumikaraje, born 14th January 1982, married to Amal Mahadik, M.L.A. Kolhapur.
    • Kumar Akhileshsinhraje Mrugendrasinh Ghatge, born 30th June 1989.