Kolhapur State
E520147
Kolhapur State was a princely state in western India, ruled by the Bhonsle dynasty of Marathas under British suzerainty until Indian independence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kolhapur State canonical | 2 |
| Princely State of Kolhapur | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5462032 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kolhapur State Context triple: [Kolhapur, Bombay Presidency, British India, associatedWith, Kolhapur State]
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A.
Baroda State
Baroda State was a prominent princely state in western India, historically ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty and centered around the city of Baroda (now Vadodara) in present-day Gujarat.
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B.
Indore State
Indore State was a princely state in central India during the British Raj, centered around the city of Indore and ruled by the Holkar dynasty.
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C.
Junagadh State
Junagadh State was a princely state in western India during the British Raj, located in the Kathiawar Peninsula of present-day Gujarat.
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D.
Khandesh
Khandesh is a historical region in northwestern Maharashtra, India, known for its distinct cultural identity and fertile agricultural plains along the Tapi River.
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E.
Gwalior State
Gwalior State was a prominent princely state in central India, historically ruled by the Scindia dynasty and known for its strategic fortress city of Gwalior.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kolhapur State Target entity description: Kolhapur State was a princely state in western India, ruled by the Bhonsle dynasty of Marathas under British suzerainty until Indian independence.
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A.
Baroda State
Baroda State was a prominent princely state in western India, historically ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty and centered around the city of Baroda (now Vadodara) in present-day Gujarat.
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B.
Indore State
Indore State was a princely state in central India during the British Raj, centered around the city of Indore and ruled by the Holkar dynasty.
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C.
Junagadh State
Junagadh State was a princely state in western India during the British Raj, located in the Kathiawar Peninsula of present-day Gujarat.
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D.
Khandesh
Khandesh is a historical region in northwestern Maharashtra, India, known for its distinct cultural identity and fertile agricultural plains along the Tapi River.
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E.
Gwalior State
Gwalior State was a prominent princely state in central India, historically ruled by the Scindia dynasty and known for its strategic fortress city of Gwalior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former country subdivision
ⓘ
princely state ⓘ |
| administrativeRelationship | under a British Resident ⓘ |
| borderedBy | British India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Kolhapur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| currency | Indian rupee ⓘ |
| ethnicMajority | Marathi people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| event |
accession to the Dominion of India
ⓘ
integration into Bombay State ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | important Maratha princely state in the Deccan ⓘ |
| hasRulerTitle |
Chhatrapati
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maharaja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMonarchy | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
British Raj
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
late modern period ⓘ |
| language | Marathi ⓘ |
| lastRulerTitle | Maharaja of Kolhapur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
India
ⓘ
western India ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kolhapur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bombay Presidency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deccan region NERFINISHED ⓘ Kolhapur Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ Maratha princely states NERFINISHED ⓘ Salute states of India ⓘ |
| politicalIntegration | merged into the Indian Union ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | princely state under British suzerainty ⓘ |
| region | present-day Maharashtra ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| religiousSite | Mahalakshmi Temple, Kolhapur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledByDynasty | Bhonsle dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledByEthnicGroup | Marathas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rulingHouse | Bhonsle of Kolhapur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereigntyEndedWith | Indian independence ⓘ |
| successor |
Bombay State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suzeraintyOf |
British Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Raj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedScript | Devanagari ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kolhapur State Description of subject: Kolhapur State was a princely state in western India, ruled by the Bhonsle dynasty of Marathas under British suzerainty until Indian independence.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Princely State of Kolhapur