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The Kingdom of Nagpur was a kingdom within the Maratha Confederacy in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was ruled by the Maratha Bhonsle dynasty in the mid-18th century.
The Bhonsles of Nagpur were a Maratha royal house that ruled the Kingdom of Nagpur from 1739-1853. [2] They hailed from the Bhonsle clan of Marathas and were one of the most important and powerful Maratha chiefs in the Maratha Confederacy .
The history of Nagpur, in central India, spans over 5,000 years, including the Kingdom of Nagpur in the 18th and 19th century. Human existence around present-day Nagpur city (in Maharashtra , India) can be traced back 3,000 years to the 8th century BC.
the Kingdom of Nagpur at its greatest extent in 1751. On 17 December 1803, after the Second Anglo-Maratha War, Raghoji II signed the Treaty of Deogaon which resulted in Nagpur becoming a Protectorate of the East India Company. [68] On 11 December 1853, the last Raja of Nagpur Raghuji III died without a male heir.
Raghuji I (Raghuji Bhonsle; Marathi pronunciation: [rɑːgʰoːɟiː bʰoːⁿsəleː]; 1695 – 14 February 1755) [2] [3] was a Maratha general of the Bhonsle clan who established the Nagpur Kingdom in much of east-central India during the reign of Chhatrapati Shahu I. [4] His successors ruled the kingdom until 1853.
After this event the history of the Gond kingdom of Deogarh is not recorded. [11] A series of Maratha rulers came to power following the fall of the Gonds from the throne of Nagpur , starting with Raghoji Bhonsle .
Nagpur Province was a province of British India that covered parts of the present-day states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh. The city of Nagpur was the capital of the province. In 1861, Nagpur Province was merged into the Central Provinces together with the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories .
Baka Bai was the fourth and favourite wife of Raghoji II Bhonsle, the Maratha monarch of Nagpur Kingdom. [3] [2] She was present at the Battle of Argaon in 1803, in which the Marathas were defeated. [1]