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id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">8th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy (1720–1761)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the titular Peshwa Nana Saheb of Bithur, see <a href="/wiki/Nana_Sahib" class="mw-redirect" title="Nana Sahib">Nana Sahib</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style 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style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">18th century portrait of Balaji Bajirao</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg/66px-Flag_of_the_Maratha_Empire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="280" /></a></span> 8th <a href="/wiki/Peshwa" title="Peshwa">Peshwa</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Confederacy" title="Maratha Confederacy">Maratha Confederacy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />August 1740 – 23 June 1761</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarchs</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shahu_I" title="Shahu I">Shahu I</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Rajaram_II_of_Satara" title="Rajaram II of Satara">Rajaram II</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bajirao_I" title="Bajirao I">Bajirao I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madhavrao_I" title="Madhavrao I">Madhavrao I</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Balajirao Bhat</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1720-12-08</span>)</span>8 December 1720<br />Sate Mawal, Pune, <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Confederacy" title="Maratha Confederacy">Maratha Confederacy</a><br />(modern day <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">23 June 1761<span style="display:none">(1761-06-23)</span> (aged 40)<br /><a href="/wiki/Parvati_Hill" title="Parvati Hill">Parvati Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Confederacy" title="Maratha Confederacy">Maratha Confederacy</a><br />(modern day <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Gopikabai" title="Gopikabai">Gopikabai</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1730)<wbr /></div><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vishwasrao" title="Vishwasrao">Vishwasrao</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Madhavrao_I" title="Madhavrao I">Madhavrao I</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Narayan_Rao" title="Narayan Rao">Narayan Rao</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Baji_Rao_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Baji Rao I">Baji Rao I</a> (father)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Kashibai" title="Kashibai">Kashibai</a> (mother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Rao" title="Raghunath Rao">Raghunath Rao</a> (brother)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Sadashivrao_Bhau" title="Sadashivrao Bhau">Sadashivrao Bhau</a> (cousin) <br /><a href="/wiki/Shamsher_Bahadur_I_(Krishna_Rao)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shamsher Bahadur I (Krishna Rao)">Shamsher Bahadur I</a> (half-brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shaniwarwada" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaniwarwada">Shaniwarwada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Maratha Empire">Maratha Empire</a> (modern day <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balaji_baji_rao_handwritting.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Balaji Baji Rao's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Balaji_baji_rao_handwritting.png/128px-Balaji_baji_rao_handwritting.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Balaji_baji_rao_handwritting.png/192px-Balaji_baji_rao_handwritting.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Balaji_baji_rao_handwritting.png/256px-Balaji_baji_rao_handwritting.png 2x" data-file-width="779" data-file-height="137" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Balaji Baji Rao</b> (8 December 1720 – 23 June 1761), often referred to as <b>Nana Saheb I</b>, was the 8th <a href="/wiki/Peshwa" title="Peshwa">Peshwa</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Maratha Empire">Maratha Confederacy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JLM_2005_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JLM_2005-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed as Peshwa in 1740 upon the death of his father, the Peshwa <a href="/wiki/Bajirao_I" title="Bajirao I">Bajirao I</a>. </p><p>During his tenure, the <a href="/wiki/Chhatrapati" title="Chhatrapati">Chhatrapati</a> (Maratha Emperor) was a mere figurehead. At the same time, the Maratha empire started transforming into a <a href="/wiki/Confederation" title="Confederation">confederacy</a>, in which individual chiefs—such as the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Holkar" title="House of Holkar">Holkars</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Scindia" class="mw-redirect" title="Scindia">Scindias</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bhonsle" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhonsle">Bhonsles</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nagpur_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagpur kingdom">Nagpur kingdom</a>—became more powerful. During Balaji Rao's tenure, the Maratha territory reached its zenith. A large part of this expansion, however, was led by the individual chiefs of the Maratha Empire. </p><p>Balaji Bajirao's administration worked with his cousin <a href="/wiki/Sadashivrao_Bhau" title="Sadashivrao Bhau">Sadashivrao Bhau</a>, introducing new legislative and financial systems in the state. Under his leadership, the borders of the Maratha Empire expanded to <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a> in present-day <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Srirangapatna" title="Srirangapatna">Srirangapatna</a> in the South, and <a href="/wiki/Midnapore" title="Midnapore">Medinipur</a> in present-day West Bengal. Nanasaheb built canals, bridges, temples and lodges for travellers in the capital city of Pune and in other parts of the Maratha Empire. In his twenty-year reign as the Peshwa, Nanasaheb subdued three major powers under his tenure, viz. Mughals in the North, the Nizam in the South and the Bengal Sultanate. Along with that he also weakened the Afghan control over Punjab, stopped their repeated invasions on the imperial capital of Delhi, subdued the <a href="/wiki/Rajput" title="Rajput">Rajputs</a> and Rohillas and neutralized the state of Oudh. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years_and_family">Early years and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Missing_information plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/44px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/66px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/88px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="44" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>is missing information</b> about the Peshwa's reign.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Balaji_Baji_Rao" title="Talk:Balaji Baji Rao">talk page</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Painting_at_Prince_of_Wales_museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Painting_at_Prince_of_Wales_museum.jpg/180px-Painting_at_Prince_of_Wales_museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Painting_at_Prince_of_Wales_museum.jpg/270px-Painting_at_Prince_of_Wales_museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Painting_at_Prince_of_Wales_museum.jpg/360px-Painting_at_Prince_of_Wales_museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1370" data-file-height="1673" /></a><figcaption>Painting of Balaji Baji Rao riding a horse at <a href="/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shivaji_Maharaj_Vastu_Sangrahalaya" title="Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya">Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Balaji Rao was born in the <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Peshwa_and_Generals_from_Bhat_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="Maratha Peshwa and Generals from Bhat Family">Bhat family</a>, to Peshwa <a href="/wiki/Baji_Rao_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Baji Rao I">Baji Rao I</a>, on 8 December 1720. After Bajirao's death in April 1740, <a href="/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shahu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chhatrapati Shahu">Chhatrapati Shahu</a> appointed 19-year old Balaji as the Peshwa in August 1740, despite opposition from other chiefs such as <a href="/wiki/Raghoji_I_Bhonsle" class="mw-redirect" title="Raghoji I Bhonsle">Raghoji I Bhonsle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GSC_2005_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSC_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WH_1928_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WH_1928-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Radhabai, the Grandmother of Balaji bajirao came across <a href="/wiki/Gopikabai" title="Gopikabai">Gopikabai</a>, a noble girl aged 6, during her visit to the Raste family. She was impressed by Gopikabai's <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Hinduism">Orthodox Hindu</a> upbringings as she was well versed in priestly religious matters and the prevailing customs followed in priestly Brahmin families. Despite her young age, Radhabai proposed the marriage of Gopikabai to her Grandson Balaji Bajirao, who was 10 at the time. The two eventually got married on 11 January 1730.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The couple had three sons, Vishwasrao who died in the battle of Panipat in 1761, Madhavrao who succeeded Nanasaheb as Peshwa and Narayanrao who succeeded Madhavrao in his late teens. Nanasaheb had an able brother called Raghunathrao whose ambitions to be the Peshwa became disastrous for the Maratha empire.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalry_with_Raghoji_Bhonsle">Rivalry with Raghoji Bhonsle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rivalry with Raghoji Bhonsle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parvati_Main_Temple.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Parvati_Main_Temple.JPG/220px-Parvati_Main_Temple.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Parvati_Main_Temple.JPG/330px-Parvati_Main_Temple.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Parvati_Main_Temple.JPG/440px-Parvati_Main_Temple.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Parvati_Hill" title="Parvati Hill">Parvati Hill</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>, built by Balaji Rao in 1749</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tryambakeshvara1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Tryambakeshvara1.jpg/220px-Tryambakeshvara1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Tryambakeshvara1.jpg/330px-Tryambakeshvara1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Tryambakeshvara1.jpg/440px-Tryambakeshvara1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3576" data-file-height="2370" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Trimbakeshwar_Shiva_Temple" title="Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple">Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nashik" title="Nashik">Nasik</a> was also rebuilt by Balaji Bajirao in 1755.</figcaption></figure> <p>In early years of Balaji Rao's tenure, <a href="/wiki/Raghoji_I_Bhonsle" class="mw-redirect" title="Raghoji I Bhonsle">Raghoji I Bhonsle</a> helped extend Maratha influence in South and East India. However, he was not on good terms with the Peshwa. Shortly before Balaji's appointment as the Peshwa, Raghoji had led a Maratha force to South India. His mission was to help <a href="/wiki/Pratap_Singh_of_Thanjavur" title="Pratap Singh of Thanjavur">Pratap Singh of Thanjavur</a>, a royal of the Bhonsle clan, against <a href="/wiki/Dost_Ali_Khan" title="Dost Ali Khan">Dost Ali Khan</a>. Raghoji killed Dost Ali in May 1740, and installed Dost Ali's son <a href="/wiki/Safdar_Ali_Khan" title="Safdar Ali Khan">Safdar Ali Khan</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Nawab_of_Arcot" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawab of Arcot">Nawab of Arcot</a>. He returned to Satara, and unsuccessfully lodged a protest against Balaji Rao's appointment as the Peshwa. He then returned to South India, where he defeated <a href="/wiki/Chanda_Sahib" title="Chanda Sahib">Chanda Sahib</a> in March 1741, before being forced to retreat by Chanda Sahib's <a href="/wiki/French_India" title="French India">French</a> allies from <a href="/wiki/Pondicherry" title="Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a>. After returning to Satara, Raghoji continued to oppose Balaji Rao.<sup id="cite_ref-WH_1928_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WH_1928-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1743, Raghoji Bhonsle attacked <a href="/wiki/Alivardi_Khan" title="Alivardi Khan">Alivardi Khan</a>'s forces in <a href="/wiki/Orissa,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Orissa, India">Orissa</a>. Khan paid <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 2,000,000 to Balaji Rao, who helped him expel Raghoji from Orissa in 1744. Raghoji then complained to Chhatrapati Shahu, and got himself appointed the in-charge of Marathas in Orissa, <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Subah" title="Bengal Subah">Bengal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>. By 1752, Raghoji had taken over administration of Orissa, and also frequently raided Bengal and Bihar to collect <i><a href="/wiki/Chauth" title="Chauth">chauth</a></i>. The instability brought by him to Bengal later paved way for the rise of the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> there.<sup id="cite_ref-GSC_2005_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSC_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rebellion_by_Tarabai_and_Umabai">Rebellion by Tarabai and Umabai</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rebellion by Tarabai and Umabai"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chhatrapati_Shahu_Maharaj_hunting_with_his_Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Chhatrapati_Shahu_Maharaj_hunting_with_his_Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg/220px-Chhatrapati_Shahu_Maharaj_hunting_with_his_Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Chhatrapati_Shahu_Maharaj_hunting_with_his_Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg/330px-Chhatrapati_Shahu_Maharaj_hunting_with_his_Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Chhatrapati_Shahu_Maharaj_hunting_with_his_Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg/440px-Chhatrapati_Shahu_Maharaj_hunting_with_his_Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1706" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption>Balaji Bajirao meets <a href="/wiki/Chhatrapati" title="Chhatrapati">Chatrapati</a> <a href="/wiki/Shahu_I" title="Shahu I">Shahu I</a> by Shivram Chitari <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1750</span></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Tarabai" title="Tarabai">Tarabai</a>, the senior widow of <a href="/wiki/Rajaram_Chhatrapati" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajaram Chhatrapati">Rajaram Chhatrapati</a> after being released by her stepson <a href="/wiki/Sambhaji_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Sambhaji II">Sambhaji II</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kolhapur" title="Kolhapur">Kolhapur</a> was given asylum by Chhatrapati Shahu, her nephew. In the 1740s, during the last years of Shahu's life, Tarabai brought a child to him: <a href="/wiki/Rajaram_II_of_Satara" title="Rajaram II of Satara">Rajaram II</a>. She presented the child as her grandson, and thus, a direct descendant of <a href="/wiki/Shivaji" title="Shivaji">Shivaji</a>. Shahu adopted the child, and after his death in 1749, Rajaram II succeeded him as the <i>Chhatrapati</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-BP_2000_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BP_2000-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next year, Peshwa Balaji Rao left to fight against the <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a>. In his absence, Tarabai urged Rajaram II to remove him from the post of Peshwa. When Rajaram refused, she imprisoned him in a dungeon at <a href="/wiki/Satara_(city)" title="Satara (city)">Satara</a>, on 24 November 1750. She claimed that he was an impostor, and that she had falsely presented him as her grandson. Tarabai was unsuccessful in getting support from other ministers and the would-be <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam</a> <a href="/wiki/Salabat_Jung" title="Salabat Jung">Salabat Jung</a>. However, she managed to enlist the help of another noblewoman, Umabai Dabhade.<sup id="cite_ref-CAKDBP_1918_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAKDBP_1918-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Umabai_Dabhade" title="Umabai Dabhade">Umabai Dabhade</a> was the matriarch of the <a href="/wiki/Dabhade" title="Dabhade">Dabhade</a> family, whose members held the title of <i>Senapati</i> (commander-in-chief) and controlled several territories in <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>. Her husband had been killed by the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughals</a>, and her eldest son had been killed by <a href="/wiki/Bajirao_I" title="Bajirao I">Balaji Rao's father</a> for a rebellion against Chhatrapati Shahu. However, Shahu had forgiven the Dabhades and allowed them to retain their <a href="/wiki/Jagir" title="Jagir">jagirs</a> and titles on the condition that they would remit half of the revenues collected from Gujarat to his treasury. Umabai's minor son Yashwant Rao was made the titular <i>Senapati</i>, while she held the actual executive power in Maratha territories of Gujarat. The Dabhades never actually shared any revenues, but Shahu did not want to take any action against a grieving mother. However, after Shahu's death Peshwa Balaji Rao faced an empty treasury and pressurized the Dabhades to share Gujarat revenues as per the agreement. Umabai personally met him in 1750 and argued that the agreement was void because the Dabhades had signed it under force. The Peshwa refused to entertain this argument.<sup id="cite_ref-GSC_2005_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSC_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Umabai dispatched 15,000 troops led by her lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Damaji_Rao_Gaekwad" title="Damaji Rao Gaekwad">Damaji Rao Gaekwad</a> in support of Tarabai's rebellion. Gaekwad initially advanced towards Pune, prompting the Peshwa's mother <a href="/wiki/Kashibai" title="Kashibai">Kashibai</a> and his grandmother Radhabai to flee from Pune to <a href="/wiki/Sinhagad" title="Sinhagad">Sinhagad</a>. While encamped at Pargaon near Pune, he received a letter from the Peshwa loyalist Mahadji Purandare, who denounced him as a traitor. Subsequently, Gaekwad changed course and started advancing towards Satara. Mahadji's brother Trimbakrao Purandare led a 20,000-strong force against him. Gaekwad defeated him at Nimb, a small town north of Satara. He then marched to Satara, where he was received by Tarabai. However, Trimbakrao re-formed his army and on 15 March 1751, he attacked Gaekwad's army, which was encamped on the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Venna_River" title="Venna River">Venna River</a>. Gaekwad was defeated in this battle, and forced to retreat with heavy losses. Trimbakrao kept pursuing him and cornered his force near a gorge in the <a href="/wiki/Krishna_River" title="Krishna River">Krishna River</a> valley.<sup id="cite_ref-CAKDBP_1918_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAKDBP_1918-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, on hearing about the rebellion, Balaji Rao left the Mughal frontier, and quickly advanced towards Satara, covering 400 miles in 13 days. He reached Satara on 24 April, and stormed the Yavateshwar garrison, defeating Tarabai's forces. He then joined Trimbakrao, who had been keeping a watch on Gaekwad's army. Gaekwad was compelled to declare ceasefire and meet Balaji Rao to discuss the terms of a peace treaty. Balaji Rao demanded from him half of Gujarat's territories in addition to a <a href="/wiki/War_indemnity" class="mw-redirect" title="War indemnity">war indemnity</a> of <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 2,500,000. Damaji refused to sign an agreement, stating that he was only a subordinate, and asked Balaji Rao to consult Umabai. On 30 April, Balaji Rao launched a surprise evening attack, and Damaji's camp surrendered without resistance. Balaji Rao then surrounded the Satara fort, and asked Tarabai to release Chhatrapati Rajaram II, whose physical and mental condition had deteriorated considerably. Tarabai refused, and Balaji Rao left for Pune, since a siege of the well-provisioned and strong Satara fort would not be easy.<sup id="cite_ref-CAKDBP_1918_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAKDBP_1918-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later, a section of Tarabai's troops in the Satara garrison rebelled against her. Although she crushed the mutiny, she realized that it would be difficult to continue the fight against Balaji Rao. She, therefore, agreed to a peace treaty. She met Balaji Rao in Pune, and accepted the superiority of the Peshwa's office. She agreed to dismiss her lieutenant Baburao Jadhav, whom the Peshwa disliked. In return, the Peshwa forgave her. On 14 September 1752, the two took oaths at <a href="/wiki/Jejuri#Khandoba_Temple" title="Jejuri">Khandoba temple</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jejuri" title="Jejuri">Jejuri</a>, promising mutual peace. At this oath ceremony, Tarabai swore that Rajaram II was not her grandson, but an impostor from the Gondhali caste.<sup id="cite_ref-CAKDBP_1918_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAKDBP_1918-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, the Peshwa retained Rajaram II as the titular Chhatrapati and a powerless figurehead.<sup id="cite_ref-BP_2000_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BP_2000-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> In May 1751, Balaji Rao had arrested Damaji Gaekwad and his relatives, and sent them to Pune. Sometime later, the Dabhades were also arrested, and deprived of their <a href="/wiki/Jagir" title="Jagir">jagirs</a> and titles.<sup id="cite_ref-JLM_2005_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JLM_2005-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Pune, Balaji Rao repeatedly pressurized Damaji to cede half of Gujarat on behalf of Yashwant Rao Dabhade. Damaji kept refusing, and on 19 July 1751, Balaji Rao placed him and his <a href="/wiki/Dewan" title="Dewan">dewan</a> Ramchandra Baswant in strict confinement. On 14 November, he sent them to captivity in <a href="/wiki/Lohagad" title="Lohagad">Lohagad</a>. A few weeks later, Ramchandra Baswant escaped to Gujarat. As a result, Balaji Rao ordered Damaji to be put in iron chains at Lohagad. He then sent a military expedition to Gujarat, under his brother <a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Rao" title="Raghunath Rao">Raghunath Rao</a>. Raghunath Rao managed to recover revenues from <a href="/wiki/Surat" title="Surat">Surat</a>, but could not advance north of the <a href="/wiki/Tapti_River" title="Tapti River">Tapti River</a>. Meanwhile, Balaji Rao received a setback when his general Shankarji Keshav Phadke was defeated at the siege of <a href="/wiki/Parner" title="Parner">Parner</a>. As a result, he decided to seek reconciliation with the Gaekwads. In March 1752, Damaji finally agreed to abandon Dabhades and join Balaji Rao. In return, he was made the Maratha chief of Gujarat, and Balaji Rao offered him assistance in expelling the Mughals from Gujarat. Gaekwad promised to pay an annual tribute of <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 525,000 to Peshwa in addition to a one-time payment of <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 1,500,000. He was also asked to maintain a cavalry of 20,000 horses in service of the Peshwa.<sup id="cite_ref-CAKDBP_1918_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAKDBP_1918-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Facsimile_of_the_handwriting_of_Balaji_Bajirao_(1740-61).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="24 Feb 1731. Bajirao writes to his uncle Chimaji Appa referring Chhatrapati Shahu I's pilgrimage to Jejuri."><img alt="24 Feb 1731. Bajirao writes to his uncle Chimaji Appa referring Chhatrapati Shahu I's pilgrimage to Jejuri." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Facsimile_of_the_handwriting_of_Balaji_Bajirao_%281740-61%29.jpg/122px-Facsimile_of_the_handwriting_of_Balaji_Bajirao_%281740-61%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="122" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Facsimile_of_the_handwriting_of_Balaji_Bajirao_%281740-61%29.jpg/183px-Facsimile_of_the_handwriting_of_Balaji_Bajirao_%281740-61%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Facsimile_of_the_handwriting_of_Balaji_Bajirao_%281740-61%29.jpg/245px-Facsimile_of_the_handwriting_of_Balaji_Bajirao_%281740-61%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="826" data-file-height="1350" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">24 Feb 1731. Bajirao writes to his uncle <a href="/wiki/Chimaji_Appa" title="Chimaji Appa">Chimaji Appa</a> referring Chhatrapati <a href="/wiki/Shahu_I" title="Shahu I">Shahu I's</a> pilgrimage to <a href="/wiki/Jejuri" title="Jejuri">Jejuri</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Samples_of_MoDi_writing.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Signatures of the Marathas line 4 is the handwriting of Balaji Bajirao."><img alt="Signatures of the Marathas line 4 is the handwriting of Balaji Bajirao." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Samples_of_MoDi_writing.jpg/200px-Samples_of_MoDi_writing.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Samples_of_MoDi_writing.jpg/300px-Samples_of_MoDi_writing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Samples_of_MoDi_writing.jpg/400px-Samples_of_MoDi_writing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3523" data-file-height="2083" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Signatures of the Marathas line 4 is the handwriting of Balaji Bajirao.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign_against_the_Nizam">Campaign against the Nizam</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Campaign against the Nizam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Malthan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Malthan (page does not exist)">Battle of Malthan</a></div> <p>In 1751, Balaji Rao had invaded the territories of <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a> <a href="/wiki/Salabat_Jung" title="Salabat Jung">Salabat Jung</a>, who was supported by the French Governor-General of Pondicherry <a href="/wiki/Marquis_de_Bussy-Castelnau" title="Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau">Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau</a>. Due to Tarabai's rebellion and the French-trained enemy troops, the Marathas had to retreat. In 1752, Balaji Rao launched a fresh attack against the Nizam. He also sought support of <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">the English</a> to counter the French, but the English refused to get involved in the conflict. The Marathas wanted Salabat Jung's brother <a href="/wiki/Ghazi_ud-Din_Khan_Feroze_Jung_II" title="Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung II">Ghazi ud-Din Khan</a> to be appointed as the Nizam; as he had promised them a payment of <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 6,000,000 among other favours.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, Khan was poisoned to death by his step-mother. Ultimately, Balaji Rao and Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau concluded a peace treaty. Raghoji Bhonsle also agreed to peace on the condition that Nizam would grant him some <a href="/wiki/Jagir" title="Jagir">jagirs</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berar_Subah" title="Berar Subah">Berar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HD_2013_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HD_2013-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relations_with_Rajputs">Relations with Rajputs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Relations with Rajputs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:India1760_1905.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/India1760_1905.jpg/220px-India1760_1905.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/India1760_1905.jpg/330px-India1760_1905.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/India1760_1905.jpg/440px-India1760_1905.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1154" data-file-height="1485" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maratha_Confederacy" title="Maratha Confederacy">Maratha Confederacy</a> at its zenith in 1760 (yellow areas)</figcaption></figure> <p>Balaji's father Baji Rao aimed to establish a <i>Hindu Padshahi</i> (Hindu kingship) in India, and maintained good relations with the Hindu <a href="/wiki/Rajputs" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajputs">Rajputs</a>. However, during Balaji Rao's tenure, the Marathas alienated the Rajput rulers.<sup id="cite_ref-GSC_2005_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSC_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When <a href="/wiki/Jai_Singh_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Jai Singh II">Jai Singh II</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jaipur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaipur State">Jaipur</a> died in 1743, a war of succession broke out between his sons <a href="/wiki/Ishvari_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ishvari Singh">Ishwari Singh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Madho_Singh_I" title="Madho Singh I">Madho Singh</a>. Madho was supported by <a href="/wiki/Jagat_Singh_II" title="Jagat Singh II">Jagat Singh II</a> of <a href="/wiki/Udaipur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Udaipur State">Mewar</a> and Ummed Singh of <a href="/wiki/Bundi_State" title="Bundi State">Bundi</a>. The Marathas, however, initially supported Ishwari, simply because he offered them more money. Later, Jagat Singh was able to enlist <a href="/wiki/Malhar_Rao_Holkar" title="Malhar Rao Holkar">Malhar Rao Holkar</a> on Madho's side, while <a href="/wiki/Jayappaji_Rao_Scindia" title="Jayappaji Rao Scindia">Jayappa Rao Scindia</a> continued to support Ishwari. This episode not only spoiled the Maratha relations with the Rajputs, but also resulted in internal strife among the Marathas. Madho Singh later sought arbitration from Balaji Rao, who personally came to Jaipur and convinced Ishwari Singh to cede 4 <a href="/wiki/Mahallah" title="Mahallah">mahals</a> to Madho Singh. Ishwari Singh initially agreed, but refused to abide by his promise after Balaji returned to Pune. Malhar Rao Holkar then not only forcefully captured the <i>mahal</i>s for Madho, but also imposed a <a href="/wiki/Tribute" title="Tribute">tribute</a> on Ishwari Singh. In 1750, the Marathas declared a war on Ishwari Singh for his failure to pay the arrears. Ishwari Singh was desperate as he did not have sufficient money to pay off the Marathas, and he could not impose excessive taxes on his citizens. As a result, he committed suicide by consuming poison.<sup id="cite_ref-GSC_2005_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSC_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Ishawari Singh's death, <a href="/wiki/Madho_Singh_I" title="Madho Singh I">Madho Singh</a> became the ruler of Jaipur. However, he no longer trusted the Marathas, having seen their treatment of his elder brother. He participated in battles against the Marathas, until <a href="/wiki/Safdar_Jang" title="Safdar Jang">Safdar Jang</a> intervened and convinced the Marathas to leave with an apology and some compensation. After Safdar Jang's death, the Marathas again invaded the Rajput territories. This forced Madho Singh to seek help from Safdar Jang's successor <a href="/wiki/Shuja-ud-Daula" title="Shuja-ud-Daula">Shuja-ud-Daula</a> as well as the Afghan king <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Durrani" title="Ahmad Shah Durrani">Ahmad Shah Durrani</a> (Abdali).<sup id="cite_ref-GSC_2005_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSC_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1749, <a href="/wiki/Abhai_Singh_of_Marwar" title="Abhai Singh of Marwar">Abhai Singh</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jodhpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Jodhpur State">Jodhpur</a> (Marwar) died, leading to a war of succession between Bakht Singh and <a href="/wiki/Ram_Singh_of_Marwar" title="Ram Singh of Marwar">Ram Singh</a>. Ram Singh sought help from Jayappa Scindia. By the time Scindia marched to Jodhpur in September 1752, Bakhat Singh had died. He was succeeded by his son Bijay Singh, who sought help against the Marathas from the Mughals, the <a href="/wiki/Najib_ad-Dawlah" title="Najib ad-Dawlah">Rohillas</a> and Madho Singh. With Madho Singh's help, Maharaja Vijay Singh resisted the Marathas for a year, before he agreed to peace talks. During one such peace negotiation, <a href="/wiki/Jayappa_Rao_Scindia" class="mw-redirect" title="Jayappa Rao Scindia">Jayappa Rao Scindia</a> was assassinated by emissaries of <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Singh_of_Marwar" title="Vijay Singh of Marwar">Vijay Singh of Marwar</a> in July 1755. This led to further hostilities between the Marathas and the Rajputs until <a href="/wiki/Dattaji_Rao_Scindia" title="Dattaji Rao Scindia">Dattaji Rao Scindia</a> concluded a peace treaty in February 1756.<sup id="cite_ref-GSC_2005_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSC_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relations_with_the_Jats">Relations with the Jats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Relations with the Jats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dominic_Serres,_the_Elder_-_The_Capture_of_Geriah,_February_1756_RMG_BHC0377_(L6228).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Dominic_Serres%2C_the_Elder_-_The_Capture_of_Geriah%2C_February_1756_RMG_BHC0377_%28L6228%29.jpg/220px-Dominic_Serres%2C_the_Elder_-_The_Capture_of_Geriah%2C_February_1756_RMG_BHC0377_%28L6228%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Dominic_Serres%2C_the_Elder_-_The_Capture_of_Geriah%2C_February_1756_RMG_BHC0377_%28L6228%29.jpg/330px-Dominic_Serres%2C_the_Elder_-_The_Capture_of_Geriah%2C_February_1756_RMG_BHC0377_%28L6228%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Dominic_Serres%2C_the_Elder_-_The_Capture_of_Geriah%2C_February_1756_RMG_BHC0377_%28L6228%29.jpg/440px-Dominic_Serres%2C_the_Elder_-_The_Capture_of_Geriah%2C_February_1756_RMG_BHC0377_%28L6228%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="796" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">British</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Navy" title="Maratha Navy">Maratha</a> forces raid <a href="/wiki/Vijaydurg_Fort" title="Vijaydurg Fort">Vijaydurg Fort</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vijaydurg" title="Battle of Vijaydurg">Battle of Vijaydurg</a> c. 1756</figcaption></figure> <p>The Marathas-<a href="/wiki/Jat_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Jat people">Jat</a> relations also worsened during Balaji Rao's reign. Balaji's younger brother <a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Rao" title="Raghunath Rao">Raghunath Rao</a> wanted a share of revenues from the prosperous <a href="/wiki/Bharatpur_State" title="Bharatpur State">Bharatpur State</a>. <a href="/wiki/Suraj_Mal" title="Suraj Mal">Suraj Mal</a>, the ruler of this state, had interfered in Jaipur politics in support of Ishwari Singh. This had antagonized Maratha chiefs like Malhar Rao Holkar, who had supported Madho. In 1754, the Mughal wazir <a href="/wiki/Safdarjung" class="mw-redirect" title="Safdarjung">Safdar Jang</a> sought Suraj Mal's help against the Mughal emperor. To counter him, the imperial loyalist <a href="/wiki/Ghazi_ud-Din_Khan_Feroze_Jung_III" title="Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III">Imad-ul-Mulk</a>, sought Maratha help. Raghunath Rao used this opportunity and sent a force led by Malhar Rao Holkar to Bharatpur. Suraj Mal tried to avoid a war by offering him <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 4,000,000; but, Raghunath Rao was not satisfied with the offer. The Marathas besieged Bharatpur's Kumher fort in early 1754 for around four months, before a peace treaty was concluded. The Marathas accepted an offer by Suraj Mal to pay <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 3,000,000 in three yearly installments.<sup id="cite_ref-GSC_2005_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSC_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relations_with_the_Mughals">Relations with the Mughals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Relations with the Mughals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During Baji Rao's tenure, the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Mughal empire">Mughals</a> had nominally granted the <a href="/wiki/Malwa_Subah" title="Malwa Subah">Malwa</a> to the Marathas, but the control was not actually passed to the Marathas. After becoming Peshwa, Balaji Rao approached the Mughal emperor through <a href="/wiki/Jai_Singh_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Jai Singh II">Jai Singh II</a>, and managed to get appointed as the Deputy Governor of Malwa (with <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Bahadur" title="Ahmad Shah Bahadur">Ahmad Shah</a> as the titular Governor). In return, he pledged faithfulness to the Mughal emperor. He also agreed to keep a force of 500 soldiers at the emperor's court, in addition to providing a force of 4,000 soldiers on a need basis.<sup id="cite_ref-GSC_2005_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSC_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1748, Javed Khan, a rival of the Mughal wazir <a href="/wiki/Safdarjung" class="mw-redirect" title="Safdarjung">Safdar Jang</a> invited the new <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a> <a href="/wiki/Nasir_Jung" title="Nasir Jung">Nasir Jung</a>, to join an alliance against the wazir. Safdar Jang requested Maratha support against Nasir Jung. Balaji Rao dispatched Scindia and Holkar chiefs to prevent Nasir Jung from reaching Delhi, and thus, saved Safdar Jang.<sup id="cite_ref-GSC_2005_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSC_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting in 1748, the Afghan king <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Durrani" title="Ahmad Shah Durrani">Ahmad Shah Durrani</a> (Abdali) launched several invasions of India, forcing the Mughals to seek Maratha help. In 1752, the <a href="/wiki/Rohilla" title="Rohilla">Rohillas</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Doab" title="Doab">Doab</a> region rebelled against the Mughal emperor. They defeated Safdar Jang in a battle, and invited Durrani to invade India. Once again, Safdar Jang sought assistance from the Marathas, who helped him crush the rebellion. The Marathas and the Mughals signed an agreement in 1752. The Marathas agreed to help the Mughals defeat external aggressions as well as internal rebellions. The Mughals agreed to appoint Peshwa Balaji Rao as the Governor of <a href="/wiki/Ajmer" title="Ajmer">Ajmer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Agra" title="Agra">Agra</a>. The Marathas were also granted the right to collect <i><a href="/wiki/Chauth" title="Chauth">chauth</a></i> from <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multan" title="Multan">Multan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a>, and some districts of <a href="/wiki/Hisar_(city)" title="Hisar (city)">Hissar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moradabad" title="Moradabad">Moradabad</a>. However, the Mughal emperor had also ceded Lahore and Multan to Ahmad Shah Durrani in order to pacify him. In addition, he did not ratify the transfer of Rajput-ruled territories like Ajmer to the Marathas. This brought the Marathas in conflict with Durranis as well as Rajputs.<sup id="cite_ref-GSC_2005_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSC_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Maratha_Expansion_into_Bengal">Maratha Expansion into Bengal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Maratha Expansion into Bengal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Maratha_invasions_of_Bengal" title="Maratha invasions of Bengal">Maratha invasions of Bengal</a></div> <p>From 1741 to 1751, the Marathas under <a href="/wiki/Raghuji_Bhonsle" class="mw-redirect" title="Raghuji Bhonsle">Raghuji Bhonsle</a> invaded <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Subah" title="Bengal Subah">Bengal</a> six times. The first one in 1741, The second in 1742, as also the third in 1744 and the fourth in 1745 were led by Raghuji himself. The fifth in 1747 and the sixth in 1748 were undertaken by Janoji and Sabaji respectively. These invasions caused heavy destruction in the armies of the Nawab of Bengal. Nawab <a href="/wiki/Alivardi_Khan" title="Alivardi Khan">Alivardi Khan</a> was successful in repelling only the first invasion in 1741. In 1743 two Maratha armies invaded - one belonged to Raghoji Bhonsle and the other of Balaji Rao. Alivardi Khan was obliged to pay him a subsidie, promising to pay him <i>Chauth</i> tax.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The continuous conflict took a heavy toll on the population of Bengal.<sup id="cite_ref-বাংলাদেশের_ইতিহাস_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-বাংলাদেশের_ইতিহাস-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hindu Maratha warriors invaded and occupied <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">western Bengal</a> up to the <a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Hooghly River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Marshall72_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marshall72-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During this period, warriors called as "<a href="/wiki/Bargi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bargi">Bargis</a>", perpetrated atrocities against the local population,<sup id="cite_ref-Marshall72_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marshall72-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> against <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> <a href="/wiki/Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengalis</a> Muslims and <a href="/wiki/Biharis" title="Biharis">Biharis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Marshall72_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marshall72-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As reported in <a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_Raj" title="Bardhaman Raj">Burdwan Kingdom's</a> and European sources, the Bargis are said to have plundered villages,<sup id="cite_ref-Davies_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davies-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Jan Kersseboom, chief of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a> factory in Bengal, estimated that perhaps 400,000 Hindu civilians in Western Bengal and Bihar were dead owing to the invasion of Bargis.<sup id="cite_ref-Marshall72_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marshall72-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chaudhuri253_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaudhuri253-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resulting casualties of Bargi onslaught against in Bengal are considered to be among the deadliest massacres in Indian history.<sup id="cite_ref-Davies_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davies-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the 18th-century Bengali text <i><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Purana" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharashtra Purana">Maharashtra Purana</a></i> written by Gangaram:<sup id="cite_ref-Marshall72_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marshall72-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1751, the Marathas signed a peace treaty with the <a href="/wiki/Nawab_of_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawab of Bengal">Nawab of Bengal</a>, according to which Mir Habib (a former courtier of <a href="/wiki/Alivardi_Khan" title="Alivardi Khan">Alivardi Khan</a>, who had defected to the Marathas) was made provincial governor of <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Orissa</a> under nominal control of the <a href="/wiki/Nawab_of_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawab of Bengal">Nawab of Bengal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-বাংলাদেশের_ইতিহাস_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-বাংলাদেশের_ইতিহাস-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It made The Nawab of Bengal a tributary to the Marathas who agrees to pay Rs. 1.2 million annually as the <i><a href="/wiki/Chauth" title="Chauth">chauth</a></i> of Bengal and Bihar, and the Marathas agreed not to invade <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a> again.<sup id="cite_ref-scroll_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scroll-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oum_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oum-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nawab of Bengal also paid Rs. 3.2 million to the Marathas, towards the arrears of <i>chauth</i> for the preceding years.<sup id="cite_ref-Mehta2005_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mehta2005-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>chauth</i> was paid annually by the Nawab of Bengal up to 1758, until the East India Company took over.<sup id="cite_ref-Sarkar1932_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarkar1932-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conflict_with_the_Durrani_Empire">Conflict with the Durrani Empire</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Conflict with the Durrani Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Indian_Campaign_of_Ahmad_Shah_Durrani" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani">Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maratha_conquest_of_North-west_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Maratha conquest of North-west India">Maratha conquest of North-west India</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Panipat" title="Third Battle of Panipat">Third Battle of Panipat</a></div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sadashivrao_Bhau.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sadashivrao_Bhau.jpg/220px-Sadashivrao_Bhau.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sadashivrao_Bhau.jpg/330px-Sadashivrao_Bhau.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Sadashivrao_Bhau.jpg 2x" data-file-width="418" data-file-height="598" /></a><figcaption>Balaji Rao's troops under the command of his cousin <a href="/wiki/Sadashivrao_Bhau" title="Sadashivrao Bhau">Sadashivrao Bhau</a> fighting at <a href="/wiki/Panipat" title="Panipat">Panipat</a></figcaption></figure> <p>After his initial invasions of India, <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Shah_Durrani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmed Shah Durrani">Ahmed Shah Durrani</a> appointed his son <a href="/wiki/Timur_Shah_Durrani" title="Timur Shah Durrani">Timur Shah Durrani</a> as the governor of Punjab and Kashmir. Balaji Rao then dispatched <a href="/wiki/Raghunath_Rao" title="Raghunath Rao">Raghunath Rao</a> to check the advance of the Durranis. In 1758, Raghunath Rao conquered <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a>, and drove out Timur Shah Durrani. This was the high-water mark of Maratha expansion, where the boundaries of their empire extended north of the <a href="/wiki/Sindhu" class="mw-redirect" title="Sindhu">Sindhu</a> river all the way down south to northern <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>. The Marathas thus became the Durrani's major rivals in the north-western part of the subcontinent.<sup id="cite_ref-K.RoyIHB_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-K.RoyIHB-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, the Marathas had reduced the Mughal emperor to a figurehead, and Balaji Rao talked of placing his son <a href="/wiki/Vishwasrao" title="Vishwasrao">Vishwasrao</a> on the Mughal throne.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mughal loyalist Muslim intellectuals of Delhi were alarmed at these developments, and appealed Durrani to check the rising Maratha power.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under these circumstances, Ahmad Shah Durrani launched a fresh invasion of India, reaching <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> by the end of 1759.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He gained allies in the <a href="/wiki/Rohilla" title="Rohilla">Rohilla</a> noble <a href="/wiki/Najib-ud-Daula" class="mw-redirect" title="Najib-ud-Daula">Najib-ud-Daula</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Nawab_of_Oudh" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawab of Oudh">Nawab of Oudh</a> <a href="/wiki/Shuja-ud-Daula" title="Shuja-ud-Daula">Shuja-ud-Daula</a>. Balaji Rao responded to the Durrani invasion by dispatching a large force commanded by <a href="/wiki/Sadashiv_Rao_Bhau" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadashiv Rao Bhau">Sadashiv Rao Bhau</a>. This force was supplemented by the contingents of <a href="/wiki/House_of_Holkar" title="House of Holkar">Holkar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scindia" class="mw-redirect" title="Scindia">Scindia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaikwad" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaikwad">Gaikwad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Govind_Pant_Bundele" class="mw-redirect" title="Govind Pant Bundele">Govind Pant Bundele</a>. The Jat ruler <a href="/wiki/Suraj_Mal" title="Suraj Mal">Suraj Mal</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bharatpur_State" title="Bharatpur State">Bharatpur</a> also joined the Marathas, but later left the alliance due to a misunderstanding with Bhau.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1759 and 1761, the Durranis and the Marathas fought each other in several skirmishes and small battles, with varying results. Due to the extended duration of the siege of the Maratha garrison at Panipat which Balaji's reinforcements were supposed to break but never reached beyond the <a href="/wiki/Narmada" class="mw-redirect" title="Narmada">Narmada</a>, the Durranis decisively defeated the famished and under-equipped Maratha army in the <a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Panipat" title="Third Battle of Panipat">Third Battle of Panipat</a> on 14 January 1761.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Suresh k Sharma, "It was Balaji Bajirao's love of pleasure which was responsible for Panipat. He delayed at Paithan celebrating his second marriage until December 27th, when it was too late."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nanasaheb_peshawe_samadhi_(3).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Nanasaheb_peshawe_samadhi_%283%29.JPG/180px-Nanasaheb_peshawe_samadhi_%283%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Nanasaheb_peshawe_samadhi_%283%29.JPG/270px-Nanasaheb_peshawe_samadhi_%283%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Nanasaheb_peshawe_samadhi_%283%29.JPG/360px-Nanasaheb_peshawe_samadhi_%283%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2760" data-file-height="3309" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Headstone" class="mw-redirect" title="Headstone">Samadhi</a> of Balaji Bajirao in <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The defeat at Panipat resulted in heavy losses for the Marathas, and was a huge setback for Peshwa Balaji Rao. He received the news of the defeat of Panipat on 24 January 1761 at <a href="/wiki/Bhilsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhilsa">Bhilsa</a>, while leading a reinforcement force. Besides several important generals, he had lost his own son <a href="/wiki/Vishwasrao" title="Vishwasrao">Vishwasrao</a> and cousin <a href="/wiki/Sadashivrao_Bhau" title="Sadashivrao Bhau">Sadashivrao Bhau</a> in the Battle of Panipat. He fell in depression and died on 23 June 1761 at Parvati hill and was succeeded by his younger son <a href="/wiki/Madhavrao_I" title="Madhavrao I">Madhav Rao I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GSC_2005_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSC_2005-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balaji_Bajirao.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A 19th-century portrait of Balaji Bajirao"><img alt="A 19th-century portrait of Balaji Bajirao" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Balaji_Bajirao.jpg/88px-Balaji_Bajirao.jpg" decoding="async" width="88" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Balaji_Bajirao.jpg/133px-Balaji_Bajirao.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Balaji_Bajirao.jpg/177px-Balaji_Bajirao.jpg 2x" data-file-width="742" data-file-height="1005" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A 19th-century portrait of Balaji Bajirao</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nanasaheb_Peshwa_I.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="19th-century depiction of Balaji Bajirao"><img alt="19th-century depiction of Balaji Bajirao" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Nanasaheb_Peshwa_I.jpg/91px-Nanasaheb_Peshwa_I.jpg" decoding="async" width="91" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Nanasaheb_Peshwa_I.jpg/136px-Nanasaheb_Peshwa_I.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Nanasaheb_Peshwa_I.jpg/181px-Nanasaheb_Peshwa_I.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2253" data-file-height="2982" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">19th-century depiction of Balaji Bajirao</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Artist impression of Balaji Bajirao"><img alt="Artist impression of Balaji Bajirao" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg/93px-Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg/140px-Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg 2x" data-file-width="159" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Artist impression of Balaji Bajirao</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1994 <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> TV series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Maratha" title="The Great Maratha">The Great Maratha</a></i>, Peshwa Balji Bajirao's character was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Bal_Dhuri" title="Bal Dhuri">Bal Dhuri</a>.</li> <li>In the 2014 Indian <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>-language film, <i><a href="/wiki/Rama_Madhav" title="Rama Madhav">Rama Madhav</a></i>, he is portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Mankani" title="Ravindra Mankani">Ravindra Mankani</a>.</li> <li>In the 2015 <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Bajirao_Mastani" title="Bajirao Mastani">Bajirao Mastani</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Ayush_Tandon" title="Ayush Tandon">Ayush Tandon</a> essays the role of a young Balaji Bajirao.</li> <li>In the 2019 <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> film, <i><a href="/wiki/Panipat_(film)" title="Panipat (film)">Panipat</a></i>, Peshwa Balaji Bajirao was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Mohnish_Bahl" title="Mohnish Bahl">Mohnish Bahl</a>.</li> <li>"<i>The Extraordinary Epoch of Nanasaheb Peshwa</i>" (published in 2020) a book written by Uday S. Kulkarni about the life and tenure of Nanasaheb Peshwa.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"<i>Dhurandhar Peshwa Nanasaheb</i>", a Marathi novel written by Kaustubh S. Kasture on the life of Nanasaheb Peshwa.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Koli_people" title="List of Koli people">List of Koli people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Koli_states_and_clans" title="List of Koli states and clans">List of Koli states and clans</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Balaji_Baji_Rao&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Balaji_Baji_Rao" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Balaji Baji Rao">Balaji Baji Rao</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><i>Balaji Bajirao (Nanasaheb) Peshwa</i> by Prof. S. 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Orient Blackswan. pp. 84–94. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788178241098" title="Special:BookSources/9788178241098"><bdi>9788178241098</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=India%27s+Historic+Battles%3A+From+Alexander+the+Great+to+Kargil&rft.pages=84-94&rft.pub=Orient+Blackswan&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=9788178241098&rft.au=Kaushik+Roy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjpXijlqeRpIC%26pg%3DPA84&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABalaji+Baji+Rao" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSharma2006" class="citation book cs1">Sharma, Suresh K. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Haryana%3A+Past+and+Present&rft.pages=173&rft.pub=Mittal+Publications&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=9788183240468&rft.aulast=Sharma&rft.aufirst=Suresh+K.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6n7vV0eiS3YC%26q%3DBalaji%2BBaji%2BRao%2Bmarried%2B%2B1760%257C1761%26pg%3DPA173&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABalaji+Baji+Rao" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Extraordinary Epoch of Nanasaheb Peshwa <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://amzn.eu/d/f86lIP1">https://amzn.eu/d/f86lIP1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dhurandhar Peshwa Nanasaheb (धुरंधर पेशवा नानासाहेब) <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://amzn.eu/d/1neE9Xg">https://amzn.eu/d/1neE9Xg</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bajirao" class="mw-redirect" title="Bajirao">Baji Rao I</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Peshwa" title="Peshwa">Peshwa</a> </b><br />1740–1761 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Madhavrao_Peshwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Madhavrao Peshwa">Madhava Rao I</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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