Sangli State
Sangli State was one of the 11-gun salute Maratha princely states of British India. It was under the Kolhapur-Deccan Residency in the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency.
| Sangli State | |||||||||
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| Princely State of British India | |||||||||
| 1782–1948 | |||||||||
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Sangli State in the Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 2,880 km2 (1,110 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 137,268 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1782 | ||||||||
| 1948 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Maharashtra, India | ||||||||
The Principality of Sangli covered an area of 2,880 square kilometers and had a population of 226,128 in 1901, while the population of the town itself was 16,829 in that year.
The capital of the state was Sangli. The city derives its name from "Saha Galli" ("Six Lanes" in Marathi).
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