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Painting of Balaji Baji Rao riding a horse at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum, Mumbai. Balaji Rao was born in the Bhat family, to Peshwa Baji Rao I, on 8 December 1720.. After Bajirao's death in April 1740, Chhatrapati Shahu appointed 19-year old Balaji as the Peshwa in August 1740, despite opposition from other chiefs such as Raghoji I Bhons
Madhavrao I (Madhavrao Ballal Bhat; 15 February 1745 −18 November 1772) was the son of Peshwa Balaji Bajirao and grandson of Peshwa Bajirao I who served as 9th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy. During his tenure, the Maratha Confederacy recovered from the losses suffered during the Third Battle of Panipat, an event known as the Maratha ...
Bajirao I. Balaji married Radhabai Barve (1685–1752) and had two sons and two daughters. Baji Rao I (18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740), also known as Bajirao I, was a noted general who was appointed as the Peshwa by Shahu I of the Maratha Empire in 1720., [4] [2] He is also known as Thorale Bajirao (Bajirao the elder) in Marathi to distinguish him from his grandson and namesake, Bajirao II ...
Bajirao is credited with expanding the Maratha Kingdom tenfold from 3% to 30% of the modern Indian landscape during 1720–1740. [55] The Battle of Palkhed was a land battle that took place on 28 February 1728 at the village of Palkhed, near the city of Nashik, Maharashtra, India between Baji Rao I and Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I of
On 3 June 1818, Baji Rao surrendered to the British; he was banished to Bithur near Kanpur. Nana Sahib (Pretender of the position of the Peshwa) 1851–1857 Was a leader during the Indian Uprising of 1857. As the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II, he sought to restore the Maratha confederacy and the Peshwa tradition.
Shahu I accompanied by his Peshwa Balaji Bajirao by Shivram Chitari c. 1750 Over the next fifty years, Peshwa Balaji's son, Bajirao I , and grandson, Balaji Bajirao , expanded Maratha power in all directions of the Indian subcontinent on the order of Chattrapati Shahuji-1.
Peshwa Baji Rao I; Khemirao Sarnaik; Govind Rao Khare; Bajaji Rao Naik Nimbalkar; Baji Prabhu Deshpande [11] Dhanaji Jadhav [12] Firangoji Narsala [13] Gomaji Naik; Hambirrao Mohite [14] Kanhoji Angre; Kanhoji Jedhe [15] Khanderao Dabhade; Maynak Bhandari; Murarbaji Deshpande [16] Netaji Palkar [13] Prataprao Gujar [17] Rango Narayan Orpe [18 ...
Baji Rao and his son, Balaji Baji Rao, oversaw the period of greatest [10] Maratha expansion, brought to an end by the Marathas' defeat by an Afghan army at the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761. The last Peshwa, Baji Rao II , was defeated by the British East India Company in the Battle of Khadki which was a part of Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817 ...