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 Kurundwad.

2. Junior Branch.

THIS part of the jahagir is enjoyed by descendants oi hanhar Rao and Vinayak Rao. Ganapat Rao alias Bapusaheb, who died at the close of the last century, was a ripe Sanskrit scholar and a patron of literature. He and his younger brother managed the Estate conjointly in a very harmonious and satisfactory manner. After the death of Ganapat Rao, the management of the Estate was kept in the hands of Hanhar Rao alias Dajisaheb by the British Government, and Madhav Rao alias Bhausaheb, his nephew and son of Ganapat Rao, was directed to work with him.

Hanhar Rao alias Dajisaheb died last year and the management of the Estate has reverted to Madhav Rao, the son of Ganapat Rao.

The tdwn of Kurundwad, situated on the right bank of the river Panchganga near its confluence with the Krishna, is the residence of the Chief along with that of the senior Branch.

The treaty of 1818 A. D. entered into by the senior Chief is considered as binding on the junior branch and the jurisdiction exercised by the younger branch is more by sufferance and delegation from the Paramount Power.

The area of the Estate in the possession of the junior branch is 114 square miles with a population of about 34,500 souls. The average annual revenue is about 1,75,000 rupees.