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{{Short description|Princely state of British India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = डफळापूर संस्थान
|conventional_long_name =Daphlapur State
|common_name =Daphalapur
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|government_type = [[Jagir]] (until 1849)<br>[[Princely state]] (from 1849)
|era =
|year_start = 1686
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1917
|date_end =
|event_end= Annexation by [[Jath State]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =Maratha Empire
|s1 = Jath State
|flag_p1 = Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg
|flag_s1 = Jath flag.svg
|image_flag =
|image_coat =
|image_map = Kolhapur-Jath map.jpg
|image_map_caption = Daphlapur State in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]
|stat_area1 = 249
|stat_year1 = 1881
|stat_pop1 = 6006
|today = [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
|footnotes =
}}
'''Daphalapur State''', also spelled '''Dafalapur''', was a Hindu petty [[princely state]] of [[British India]]. It was a former [[Maratha]] territory, one of the former [[Southern Maratha Country|Southern Maratha]] [[Jagir]]s<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Bombay Presidency |volume=4 |page=186}}</ref> (feudal estates).

Daphlapur State and neighbouring [[Jath State]] were the only two states belonging to the [[Bijapur Agency]] under the [[Bombay Presidency]],<ref name="IGI">[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_179.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 8, p. 173.]</ref> which later would become part of the colonial [[Deccan States Agency]].

The state had six villages with an area of only {{convert|249|km2}} and a population of 6,006 inhabitants in 1881.<ref name="IGI"/>

== History ==
The state was founded in 1680 as Daphlapur.<ref name="WS"/> [[Akkalkot State|Akalkot]], [[Aundh State|Aundh]], [[Bhor State|Bhor]], Daphlapur, [[Jath State|Jath]], and [[Phaltan State|Phaltan]], which were [[Jagir]]s of [[Satara State]], became tributaries to the British when Satara state was abolished in 1849.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hunter |first=William Wilson |author-link=William Wilson Hunter |volume=12 |edition=2 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=7JQbAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA285 285] |title=[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] |year=1887 |publisher=Trübner & Co. |language=en}}</ref> Following British rule in the area it came under the collector of [[Bijapur district, Karnataka|Bijapur District]], together with larger Jath State. The third widow of the last ruler, Ranibai Lakshmibai Saheb, died without succession and the dynasty line of the state became extinguished. Then Daphlapur ended up being annexed by Jath State on 27 January 1917.<ref name="WS"/>
The Chavan (Daphales) of Jath were one of the oldest and high caste Maratha noble families of the Deccan. Initially the Chavans were the Patil of Daphalapur. This role of the Chavans has been confirmed by Grand Duff.
The daphalapur state was founded by Satvaji Chavan allas Daphale in 1672. This state came into existence during the Maratha period and lasted up to the end of the British period. Satvaji was very ambitious. He was a great military general. He had a chequered career because he underwent various ups and downs and ultimately carved out an important Maratha state for his family near Bijapur. This fact itself indicates the great achievement of Satvaji Chavan. Satvaji Chavan, at the beginning of his career served Adilshahi and later joined the Maratha general Santaji Ghorpade

== Rulers ==
The rulers of the state belonged to the Dafle dynasty{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} and bore the (rarely modest) title of ''[[Deshmukh]]''.

On 27 January 1917, the state was incorporated into [[Jath]], whose rulers (also styled Deshmukh) shared the same Dafle bloodline, owing to lack of succession<ref name="WS">[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html WorldStatesmen- Princely States of India A-J]</ref> and were awarded a [[Privy Purse in India|Privy Purse]] of 49,924 Rupees. The joint state ceased to exist on 8 March 1948 by accession to [[Bombay state]].

=== Deshmukhs ===
*1680 – 1703 Satvaji Rao I (d. 1706)
*1703 – 1704 Bovaji Rao (d. 1704)
*1704 – 1748 Yesu Bai "Au Sahib" (female) (d. 1754)
*1748 – 1759 Yeshwant Rao (d. 1759)
*1759 – 1790 Amrit Rao I (d. 1790)
*1790 – 1810 Khanji Rao (b. 17.. – d. 1810)
*1810 – 1822 Renuka Bai (female) – Regent (d. 1822) (administrator from 1816)
*1822 – December 1885 Satvaji Rao II (b. 1797 – d. 1885)
*16 December 1885<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35691/page/n146/mode/1up |page=144 |title=Memoranda on Native States in India, 1911 |year=1911 |publisher=Superintendent Government Printing, India }}</ref> – 13 January 1917<ref>{{Cite book |editor-last=Aitchison |editor-first=C. U. |editor-link=Charles Umpherston Aitchison |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32436/page/n189/mode/1up |page=160 |title=A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries |edition=5|volume=8 |year=1983 |orig-date=1857}}</ref> Rani Bai Saheb Daphlé (female)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=St Nihal |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924011696261/page/n58/mode/1up |page=31 |title=The King's Indian Allies: The Rajas and Their India |year=1916 |location=London|publisher=S. Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. |quote=Daphlapur, in Bombay, is also under a woman Ruler; but it is a small State, and really forms a part of Jath, to which it will lapse on the demise of the Rani Bai Saheb (Sahiba) Daphlé.}}</ref> (b. 1834 – d. 1917)

== See also ==
* [[Maratha Empire]]
* [[List of Maratha dynasties and states]]
* [[List of princely states of British India (alphabetical)]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Princely states of the Deccan States Agency}}
{{Sangli district topics}}

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[[Category:Princely states of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Sangli district]]
[[Category:1686 establishments in Asia]]

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