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See also:KURUNTWAD, or KURANDVAD , a native See also:state of See also:India, in the See also:Deccan See also:division of Bombay, forming See also:part of the See also:Southern Mahratta jagirs. Originally created in 1772 by a See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant from the See also:peshwa, the state was divided in 1811 into two parts, one of which, called Shedbal, lapsed to the See also:British See also:government in 1857. In 1855 Kuruntwad was further divided between a See also:senior and a junior See also:branch. The territory of both is widely scattered among other native states and British districts. See also:Area of the senior branch, 185 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 42,474; See also:revenue, £13,000. Area of junior branch, 114 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 34,003; revenue, £9000. The See also:joint See also:tribute is £640. The chiefs are Brahmans by See also:caste, of the Patwardhan See also:family. The See also:town of Kuruntwad, in which both branches have their See also:residence, is on the right See also:bank of the Panchganga See also:river near its junction with the See also:Kistna. Pop. (1901), 10,451.
End of Article: KURUNTWAD, or KURANDVAD
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