Conventional Long Name: | Kapshi Estate |
Common Name: | Kapshi |
Nation: | British India |
Status Text: | Jagir |
Year Start: | Mid-17th century |
Year End: | 1956 |
Event End: | Independence of India |
S1: | India |
Flag S1: | Flag of India.svg |
Stat Year1: | 1901 |
Stat Pop1: | 3414 |
Kapshi Estate was a jagir in India during the British Raj. It was under the Kolhapur-Dekkan Residency in the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency.
The vassal state of Kapshi was located 62km (39miles) south of Kolhapur. It had a population of 3,414 in 1901.[1]
The father of the founder of the estate was Shrimant Senapati Malojirao Ghorpade, who died in the battle of Sangmeshwar against the Mughals. A general of the Maratha army, he was granted the title 'Senapati', a hereditary title of nobility used in the Maratha Empire, and became the first ruler of Kapshi in the second half of the 17th century.