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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 573 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MIRAJ  , a native

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state of
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India, in the
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Deccan
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division of Bombay, forming
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part of the
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southern Mahratta Jagirs . Since 182o it has been subdivided between a
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senior and a junior
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branch . The territory of both is widely scattered among other native states and
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British districts .
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Area of the senior branch, 339 sq. m.; pop . (1901), 81,467;
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revenue £23,000;
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tribute £800 . Area of the junior branch, 211 sq. m.; pop . (1901), 35,806; revenue £27,000, tribute £400 . The chiefs are Brahmans of the Patwardhan
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family . The
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town of MIRAJ, at which the
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chief of the senior branch resides, is situated near the
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river
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Kistna; it is a junction of the Southern Mahratta
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rail-way for the branch to
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Kolhapur . Pop . (1901), 18,425 . The chief of the junior branch has his
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residence at Bhudgaon (pop .

3591) .

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