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Eventually, the British took over his dominion and made the Maratha King Pratap Singh of Satara declare in favour of the British. This ended the Peshwa's legal position as head of the Maratha confederacy. 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)
A Maratha Durbar showing the Chief and the nobles (Sardars, Jagirdars, Istamuradars & Mankaris) of the state. This is a list of Maratha dynasties and Maratha princely states. The word Maratha is derived from the word Maharatthi - Maharatta. [1] The Rathikas were the mighty people of Maharashtra. The Rathikas were also called Rashtriks.
Sambhaji, (1657–1689), son of Shivaji; second Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire. [3] Tarabai (née Mohite) (1675–1761), led Maratha resistance against the Mughals after the death of her husband, Rajaram I.Set up the Kolhapur house of Bhonsle and acted as regent for her young son, Shivaji II from 1700 to 1712. [4]
The Maratha Confederacy, [a] also referred to as the Maratha Empire, [11] [12] [13] was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states [ 14 ] [ 15 ] often subordinate to the former.
Maratha kings (1 C, 9 P) M. Maharajas of Kolhapur (13 P) Q. Queens consort of the Maratha Empire (7 P) R. Rajas of Satara (6 P) This page was last edited on 14 June ...
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They served as the Chhatrapatis or kings of the Maratha Confederacy from 1674 to 1818, where they gained dominance of the Indian subcontinent. They also ruled several states such as Satara , Kolhapur , Thanjavur , Nagpur , [ 5 ] Akkalkot , [ 6 ] Sawantwadi [ 7 ] and Barshi .
The Maratha Empire general, Raghoji I Bhonsle of the Nagpur kingdom led the Maratha expeditions in Bengal in 1741 which extended Maratha control over Odisha and signed a treaty with Alivardi Khan in 1751, ceding the perpetuity of Cuttack up to the river Suvarnarekha to the Marathas. [77] [78] [79] [19]