Pratap Singh of Satara

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Pratap Singh Bhonsle (18 January 1793 – 14 October 1847) was the last Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire from 1808 until the empire's overthrow and his abdication in 1818, following the Third Anglo-Maratha War. He was later made the Raja of Satara State until 1839 in his retire. Pratap Singh was a Marathi poet and scholar but was also a patron of Hindi. Pratap Singh was the son and successor of Shahu II, who died in 1808 and Singh was crowned as the new Maratha emperor. He was recognized as the Emperor of Hindustan (India) by the time Bahadur Shah's sovereignty was limited within the Old Delhi, who was later declared as the Emperor of Hindustan, following Maratha Empire's overthrow. He was the Chhatrapati of India during the Third Anglo-Maratha War, the last war fought for the succession of power in India by Marathas and the East India Company. After the empire was overthrown by the Company on 3 June 1818, Pratap Singh was ultimately dethroned However the East India Company made him as...

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