Patan

History

The Patankar family was originally in two branches, of which the elder branch alone flourished. The younger branch represented by Hanmantrav resided in Rampur. His mansion, a fine large house was completely destroyed by fire in 1874. Next to it on the south is the mansion of Sardar Nagojirav Patankar, a first-class sardar and honorary magistrate who exercised civil jurisdiction in his area. The mansion with strong high stone walls and ramparts and a gateway flanked by bastions, is well maintained. A rose and plantain garden has been laid out close to it. The Patankars were the deshmukhs under the Marathas of the whole surrounding district and had charge of Dategad fort three miles to the north-west. During the struggles between the Peshvas and the Pratinidhis they did pretty much what they pleased. The elder branch is one of the few prosperous Maratha families in the district. There is no historical mention of Patan. But title deeds show that the Bijapur kings had a well established rule here. The district was assigned to the Pratinidhi by Ram Raja but was wrested from him by the Peshva after the rebellion of Yemaji Shivdev Mutalik in 1750 [ Grant Duff's Marathas Vol. I, 447.]. It was not finally secured to the Peshva till the time of Bapu Gokhale. Throughout the eighteenth century both the authorities issued contradictory orders but the carrying out of these orders largely rested on the will of the Patankars alone.

Geography

Patan is located at . It has an average elevation of 582 metres (1909 feet).

Most-observed species

• Red-whiskered Bulbul

  Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  321
• Red-vented Bulbul

  Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  286
• White-cheeked Barbet

  Psilopogon viridis (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  276
• Jungle Babbler

  Turdoides striata (Dumont, 1823) · Aves
  259
• Purple Sunbird

  Cinnyris asiaticus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  247
• Pied Bushchat

  Saxicola caprata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  212
• Green Bee-eater

  Merops orientalis Latham, 1801 · Aves
  208
• Oriental Magpie-Robin

  Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  183

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2019-06-20
  26 km S of Koynanagar, India
• M 4.3 — 2017-06-03
  6 km ENE of R?j?pur, India
• M 4.4 — 2012-04-14
  11 km ESE of M?khjan, India
• M 4.2 — 2010-01-12
  22 km S of Koynanagar, India
• M 4.3 — 2009-12-12
  17 km SSW of M?khjan, India
• M 4.4 — 2009-12-12
  26 km SE of M?khjan, India