The Bhogle Clan

The royal Bhogle clan are the erstwhile royal family of Bagalkote,in Karnataka.they are the lesser known branch of the Sisodia of Mewar.Panch-Pallava is the devak of the Bhogle clan.The coat of arms of the Bhogle clan has a ochre horse under a canopy (Baldachin).The clan's Nishan or Heraldic sign is Rudra on the flagpole

The Gotra of this clan is Vaishampayan or Dorik ( a chittod king ) .The Bhogle royal clan are the descendants of king lava/luv , son of Hindu God ( Rama) Ramachandra of Ayodhya ,an avatar of God Vishnu, who was born in the Ikshvaku/ Nikumbh royal dynasty.Through the Sisodia royal line , they are the descendants of King lava/luv of Ikshvaku /Nikumbh dynasty.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BHOGLE ROYAL CLAN.

MAITRAKA____GUHILOT/GRAHAPUTRA___SISODIA OF MEWAR__BHOGLE OF BAGALKOTE/BAGALKOT___BHOGLE SARNAIK OF BHOGLEWADI.

The Bhogle clan's antecendants migrated to the Deccan from Udaipur, Rajasthan , By the time, Shivaji maharaje had established his empire,he had connection with his brother ( Collateral)  family to the Deccan to help him expand his empire.Those members in Udaipur were the ancestors of Bhogle clan.

On the way to Deccan from Rajasthan , The Bhogle ( Mewar/Sisodia) clan were being followed by the Mughals, They fought relentlessly and bravely and defeated the Mughals.

For this Shivaji Maharaje bestowed upon them the title 'Bhogle' which means brave or noble.

He also bestowed upon them a gift, which was a gold vessel which had 12 leafs on which the twelve jyotirlingas were inscrpited , the vessel was filled with gold coins and jewels,as a gesture of gratitude and respect

Thus Bhogle clan was established by Shivaji Maharaje. He gave the kingdom of Bagalkot , Karnataka to the Bhogle royal clan and the Bhogles founded Bagalkot kingdom of the Maratha Empire

RAJEBHOGLE AND RAJEBHONSLE 

Shivaji Maharaje and the Bhonsle royal clan were the descendants of Rana Ajay singh of Khelwara , Regent of Mewar 

The Bhogle royal clan ,on the other hand, were the descendants of Rana Ari singh of Mewar, the elder brother of Rana Ajay singh of Khelwara, Regent of Mewar and uncle of Rana Sajjan singh  ( Sugaji sujansi) , Rana Ajay singh 's son.

Rana Ari singh ji  of Mewar's son was Maharana Hammir Singh of Mewar , 14th century the ruler of Mewar ( Udaipur ) ( Chittorgarh) , who re-established the dynasty to it's throne and the current royal family of Udaipur are his descendants.

The Bhogle and Bhonsle are descendants of Bappa Rawal and Rawal Karan Singh of Mewar .

Bagalkote to Bhoglewadi 

In the time of Mughal Invasion in Bagalkot. The Bhogle royal family and their people of the Bagalkot  kingdom, fought bravely but unfortunately were at the face of defeat. 

Their Rajput familial  tradition of Jauhar/ Jowhar wasn't comitted .[ By the time , Bhogles who had become a part of the royal Maratha kulis , had adopted the practice of Sati which also wasn't comitted in the time of Mughal invasion in Bagalkot , Sati is a practice of self immolation done by warrior aristocrat ladies ] .The king and his family took the remaining people of the kingdom, escape to safety. The Bhogles  preferred to sacrifice their kingdom and royal lifestyle for their subjects  of Bagalkot.

After a lot of fighting and not settling down in a place .The Bhogles , along with their surviving soliders and people reached a coastal land known as 'Malvan' , in Konkan region. As they all were wounded , they settled in a small and hidden land known as ' Bhoglewadi' and Shrimant Babaji raje Bhogle of Bagalkot , the 'Mulpurush' and the last king of Bagalkot , established the small kingdom of Bhoglewadi. The Bhogle royals had many enemies, so they gave their family name to the remaining people , who had survived the journey of  'Bagalkot to Bhoglewadi' , To maintain secrecy of the existence of the surviving royals and the survivors of their kingdom.

In Bhoglewadi , each and every citizen of Bhoglewadi  have the surname 'Bhogle' and only 'Bhogle' surname named people are allowed to enter and stay in Bhoglewadi, Konkan. 

The Bhogle royal family are known as Bhogle Sarnaik. 

Descendants of Shrimant Babaji RajeBhogle of Bagalkot ,the last Raja of Bagalkote, the Moolpurush and  the first king and founder of Bhoglewadi , his descendants became the Subehdars of Malvan for the Nizam and were from the prominent line of Bhoglewadi rulers  and from the eldest branch of the erstwhile Bhogle royal family of Bagalkote .

In the time of British Raj . The Bhogle royal family were considered Honorary Justice by the British.

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Bagalkot Kingdom 

Sisodia/Mewar Chittorgarh kingdom