The Sawant Bhonsle sar-desais' state in the southern Konkan, wedged between the Western Ghats and Portuguese Goa; founded when Khem Savant threw off Bijapuri overlordship, it survived as a Maratha tributary and then a British-protected state until 1948.
Acceded to India in 1947 and merged into Bombay State on 8 March 1948 (Maharashtra from 1960).
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Sawantwadi State — the shape you scrub through changes in 1627 · 1687.
Document-based study of the British residency that handled Sawantwadi's affairs - the only monograph found that is about this state rather than the region.
Marathi memorial biography of a Sawantwadi ruling Khem Savant, written from the court's own recollections.