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Maratha Empire. The
initial Peshwas were all
ministers who
served as the
chief executives to the king. The
later Peshwas held the
highest administrative...
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Ramabai (1750-1772), was the wife of
Madhavrao Peshwa I. Her father's name was
Shivaji Ballal Joshi from Solapur. She had gone to
Harihareshwar in 1772...
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territories under their new
Peshwa Madhavrao I but the
death of this
young peshwa in 1772
ended the
effective control of the
peshwas.
Thereafter the Maratha...
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century and
later Peshwas also were
reduced to
nominal ruler under various Maratha nobles and
later British East
India Company. The last
Peshwa was deposed...
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Saheb I, was the 8th
Peshwa of the
Maratha Confederacy. He was
appointed as
Peshwa in 1740 upon the
death of his father, the
Peshwa Bajirao I.
During his...
- 1763, the
Peshwas, once
again under Madhavrao's leadership,
decided to
attack Aurangabad to
crush the Nizam.
After months of chasing, the
Peshwas faced the...
- only by the
emperor himself and not the
Peshwas.
Following this, an
official letter was
written to the
Peshwas stating that the
remaining building had...
- were
considered untouchable in the
contemporary caste-based society. The
Peshwas, who were the 'high-caste' Brahmins, were
notorious for
their mistreatment...
- bəlːaːɭ]; 18
August 1700 – 28
April 1740), born as Visaji, was the 7th
Peshwa of the
Maratha Confederacy. He is
known for
expanding the
Maratha Empire...
- the
members in this
family were the
Peshwas (prime ministers) in the
Peshwa Era of the
Maratha Empire, and
Peshwa later became their family name. During...