a small Mahratta state on the western coast of India, situate between the 16th and 18th degrees of N. Lat. It is bounded on the S. by the Bombay collectorate of Belgaum; on the E. and N. by Sattara; and on the W. by Sawant Warree and the British collectorate of Ratnagirhy. The country is well watered by many rivers, and is favourable to the production of rice, of which great quantities are cultivated. About the year 1670, this country was overrun by the celebrated Sevajee; and in 1684 by the armies of Aurungzebe, who ravaged the country and burned the town of Vingorla. In 1804 the maritime trade of India was greatly annoyed by pirates, who issued from the ports of the rajah; and they were in consequence blockaded by the East India Company's cruisers, and payment was demanded for all the damage which had been occasioned by their piracies. At the same time two of the most daring predicators took refuge with the rajah, after their predatory bands had been dispersed by General Wellesley. He was in consequence informed that he would be held responsible for the good behaviour of those persons to whom he had granted an asylum, and that unless he restrained their depredations his own territory would be invaded. This intimation had little effect, and the system of piracy was not effectually suppressed until 1812, when the fort and harbour of Malwan with the remaining maritime possessions of Colapoor were ceded to the British. In 1822 Abha Singh the rajah of Colapoor was murdered, and a long course of misgovernment followed, attended by aggressions on the neighbouring chieftains who had been taken under British protection. Recourse to military operations was thus rendered indispensable; and though hostile proceedings were subsequently arrested by the submission of the rajah, the renewed oppression of the protected chieftains ultimately compelled the British to take military occupation of the country. In 1829, a new treaty was concluded with the rajah, and the British troops were withdrawn. From 1839 to 1842 the state of Colapoor was distracted by intestine feuds, which in 1844 broke out into open rebellion. This being put down by force of arms, the entire management of the state was assumed and thenceforward exercised by the British government in the name of the rajah, whose authority still continues in abeyance. The town of Colapoor, distant S.E. from Bombay 185 miles, is in Lat. 16° 42', Long. 74° 18'.