State · 1707 – 1949
Kolhapur State
A state of 1707 – 1949 — 242 years in South Asia. It replaced Maratha Empire. It was replaced by India. The atlas records 2 things within it — people 2. Its line of rulers holds 4 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 242 years
- 1707 – 1949
- Rulers
- 4
- the Raja
- Within it
- 2
- recorded rows
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Maratha Empire · replaces · 1674 – 1818
After it
- India · replaced by · 1950 – present
Rulers
The line of Raja.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sambhaji I of Kolhapur | 1714 – 1760 | 46 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Shivaji II of Kolhapur | 1762 – 1813 | 51 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Sambhaji III | 1813 – 1821 | 8 years | killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | child |
| Shivaji VI | 1821 – 1822 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone |
4 rulers, 4 with terms dated as terms, covering 1714 – 1822. Median reign 27 years. 1 of 3 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, undatedKolhapur flag · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1700 – 17991 row
- Shivaji II of Kolhapur · ruler · 1756 – 1813
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood242 years
stood longer than 68% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median46 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 93% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1683 – 1973, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1828, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q657946 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.