Kurundwad Sr & Jr

The three brothers - Govind Pant, Tryambak Pant and Ramchandra Pant, the sons of Harbhat proved themselves militarily and in due course of time, received estates. Of these, Tryambak Pant ended up in the service of Fateh Sinh Bhonsle of Akkalkot who appointed him a Mazumdar. He received estates which were taken back on Fateh Sinh Bholsle's death in 1760 but were regranted by the Peshwa. In 1745, through the good graces of his master, he obtained from Chatrapati Shahu, a tract of land in the name of his father upon which he built the village of Ganeshwadi. As a part of the same grant, the family received Shedbal. Nilkanth Rao acted in tandem with his cousins Gopal Rao of Miraj and Parashuram Pant of Tasgaon in the Maratha campaigns. The 1771 Maratha war against the was disastrous to the Patwardhans - Nilkanth Rao died in the campaign in the Battle of Moti Talav, Gopal Rao fell ill in the campaign and had to return back to Miraj; on Gopal Rao's sudden death, his father Govind Hari died of shock. The same year, Tryambak Pant who seems to have relinquished active control to his son Nilkanth Rao died. With the complete decimation of the old guard, Gopal Hari Patwardhan's son Vaman Rao, Nilkanth Rao's brother Konher Rao and Parashuram Pant had to take up the management of the whole Saranjam. In 1773, Konher Rao made two raids into Kolhapur - he was defeated in the first but when the Pant Pratinidhi invaded from the other direction, Konher Rao crushed the Kolhapur troops and invested Kolhapur Fort forcing the army to submit. In 1776, the Patwardhans marched under Konher Rao and Pandurang Rao of Miraj but were defeated - Konher Rao was killed and Pandurang Rao of Miraj was captured but died in captivity. This left the Saranjam with only Parashuram Pant as a capable leader. Kurundwad acted in tandem with the other Patwardhan chiefs from then on. Raghunatha Rao defeated the British at Badlapur in 1780 and his troop had the ignominy of being the theatre commander when some Pindari levies looted Sringeri. The Peshwa and Parashuram Bhau would order Raghunatha Rao to personally monitor the redressal. In 1812, Kurundwad was split against the wishes of Tryambak Rao and almost half of it was handed over to Konher Rao's son Ganpat Rao.

In 1821, a partition was petitioned by Krishna Rao of the Wadi line but it was rejected on the grounds that Krishna Rao and his brother Nilkanth Rao received their share already. In 1825, Nilkanth Rao also filed the same petition but didn't achieve much. On Keshava Rao's death in 1827, his minor son Raghunatha Rao took the throne under the regency of his mother with the support of the older administration and assumed direct power in 1837. However, he was found not to be effective and by 1845, withdrew from power. His brother Harihar Rao was made the regent and afterwards, by his younger brothers