Saranjamdar

Saranjamdar is One the royal and honourable title found among the Royal Maratha Family. The actual Meaning of Saranjam is that Watan/Jahagir/ land or villages given by the Kings,regional government to any one for his legendary deeds,i.e. mainly persons like Army Chief,Officer ,Deosthan trust etc.

Actual Meaning of Saranjamdar word is related to Peasantry class,who used to collect some portion of revenue in rural Historic Indian scene.it has also equivalent to Landlord. Saranjam i.e. slightly equivalent to the above mentioned meanings.so,Saranjamdar is also referred to Patil, Inamdar, Zamindar, Jagirdar, Deshmukh etc. other titles found among Maratha Community in Maharashtra and Maratha occupying Regions of India.

Saranjam under Peshwa Period was Mainly on the Basis of Bravery of Maratha Generals from Cast like Maratha,Brahman Etc.When one wins territory;he generally access rights to collect revenue of that Region. These saranjams later became centres of regional politics.

Maratha Saranjams

There are some Royal Maratha clans held Saranjams they are as follows.Out which except of Bhoite others demolished as soon as the army chiefs died and some marathas like Gaikwad,Pawar,Shinde retain their Jagirs as crowned himself King after defeat in Panipat.

1.Bhoite Saranjamdar;

2.Shinde Saranjamdar;

3.Dabhade Saranjamdar;

4.Gharge-Desai (Deshmukh) Shirol Saranjamdar;

5.Wagh Saranjamdar;

6.Pawar Saranjamdar;

7.Dhamdhere Saranjamdar;

8.Gaikwad Sarjamdar. etc. along with some Brahmin Saranjamdar.

See also

• Maratha;Shinde saramjamdar of malangaon tal-kavathe mahankal dist-Sangli

Jayaji Raoji shinde was the first who was saramjamdar of Malangaon.White soil fort was his work center.This saramjam was got from Adilshah of Bijapur,later on Jayaji refused to work under him.He himself was so brave,he fought with bijapur.He captured huge area of Adilshah. He was brave maratha who worked for people of his area.As this area was near to Karnataka border he faced lot of from Adil Shah of Bijapur til death.Bajaji his son was brave,he captured 52 villages around the area of malangaon saramjam.He situated village around his White Fort.This saranjam was big at that time.This is some history which is got from Khatedari of navghar.Shrimant Ramchandra Dada shinde was the last saramjamdar of Malangaon.Some Relatives of Shinde can give additional informations about this.Following are the relatives. 1)Pol sarkar of Savlaj 2)Deshmukh of Atpadi 3)Deshmukh of Kasegaon(Solapur) 4)Mohite of Talbhid (Satara) 5)Chavan sarkar of Daphalapur 6)Nimbalkar sarkar of Nandi(Karnataka) 7)Pawar of Dhar 8)Dhumal of Veer (Pune) 9)Duble sarkar (Karad) 10)Ghorpade sarkar of Mudhole (Karnataka) 11)Desai sarkar of Athani(karnataka) 12)Other self declaired relatives 2.Maratha Empire;

References

1.page 168 Medieval Indian History By Krishnaji Nageshrao Chitnis Edition: 2 Published by Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 2003 ISBN 81-7156-062-8, 9788171560622 237 pages

2.Page 298 Madhya Pradesh Through the Ages By Shiri Ram Bakshi, Om Prakash Ralhan, Om Prakash Ralhan Published by Sarup & Sons, 2008 ISBN 81-7625-806-7, 9788176258067

3.http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/JALGAON/agri_tenures.html