• Thumbnail for Peshwa
    Peshwa was second highest office in the Maratha Confederacy, next in rank and prestige only to that of the Chhatrapati. Initially serving as the appointed...
    19 KB (1,413 words) - 15:32, 27 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Maratha Confederacy
    modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states often subordinate to the former...
    108 KB (12,598 words) - 03:14, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ramabai Peshwa
    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...
    6 KB (500 words) - 06:19, 9 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Balaji Baji Rao
    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...
    35 KB (4,126 words) - 07:55, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Madhavrao I
    Madhavrao I (redirect from Madhavrao Peshwa)
    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...
    30 KB (3,448 words) - 07:57, 12 July 2024
  • Pune Peshwas was an Indian professional basketball team located in Pune, India. The team last competed in India's UBA Pro Basketball League. Note: Flags...
    4 KB (161 words) - 22:47, 25 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Raghunath Rao
    August 1734 – 11 December 1783), was the younger son of Peshwa Bajirao I who served as the 11th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy for a brief period from 1773...
    33 KB (4,197 words) - 22:00, 5 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bajirao I
    Bajirao I (redirect from Baji Rao Peshwa)
    bəlːaːɭ]; 18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740) was the 7th and most powerful Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy. He after Shivaji, is considered to be the most...
    52 KB (5,765 words) - 18:08, 6 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Madhavrao II
    Madhavrao II (18 April 1774 – 27 October 1795) was the 12th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy, from his infancy. He was known as Sawai Madhav Rao or Madhav...
    14 KB (1,486 words) - 17:21, 6 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nana Saheb Peshwa II
    Nana Saheb Peshwa II (19 May 1824 – after 1857), born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian aristocrat and fighter, who led the rebellion in Cawnpore (Kanpur)...
    31 KB (3,927 words) - 12:51, 10 July 2024
  • Peshwa Bajirao is an Indian Hindi historical drama television series, which broadcast from 23 January 2017 to 25 August 2017 on Sony TV. The series is...
    12 KB (792 words) - 12:56, 5 May 2024
  • Kashibai was the first wife of Bajirao I, the Peshwa (Prime Minister) to the fourth Maratha Chhatrapati (Emperor) Shahu. With Bajirao, she had four children...
    12 KB (1,137 words) - 18:21, 2 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Narayan Rao
    Narayanrao (10 August 1755 – 30 August 1773) was the 10th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy from November 1772 until his assassination in August 1773....
    36 KB (4,617 words) - 18:54, 29 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Third Anglo-Maratha War
    independence. Several minor battles were fought by the Peshwa's forces to prevent his capture. The Peshwa was eventually captured and placed on a small estate...
    55 KB (7,084 words) - 08:58, 19 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Koregaon
    Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy, at Koregaon Bhima. A 28,000-strong force [citation needed] led by Peshwa Baji Rao II whilst...
    30 KB (3,200 words) - 08:10, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Balaji Vishwanath
    (1 January 1662–12 April 1720) was the first of a series of hereditary Peshwas hailing from the Bhat family who gained effective control of the Maratha...
    22 KB (2,570 words) - 21:28, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sadashivrao Bhau
    Sadashivrao was born at Satara in a Chitpavan Brahmin family. He was the son of Peshwa Baji Rao's brother Chimaji Appa. His mother Rakhmabai died when he was barely...
    26 KB (3,351 words) - 18:53, 28 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Baji Rao II
    Baji Rao II (category Peshwa dynasty)
    Baji Rao II (10 January 1775 – 28 January 1851) was the 13th and the last Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy . He governed from 1795 to 1818. He was installed...
    20 KB (2,568 words) - 13:10, 10 July 2024
  • 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...
    19 KB (2,026 words) - 06:58, 14 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Maratha rulers
    the Chhatrapati (the Maratha emperor) in 1670s. Starting in 1720s, the Peshwa were instrumental in expanding the Maratha Empire to cover large areas of...
    17 KB (393 words) - 15:29, 22 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Raja Mahendra Pratap
    students of Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College. He is popularly known as "Aryan Peshwa". Pratap was born in the ruling Jat family of the state of Mursan in the...
    17 KB (1,687 words) - 06:50, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shaniwar Wada
    in the city of Pune, India. Built in 1732, it was the great seat of the Peshwas of the Maratha Empire until 1818. Following the rise of the Maratha Empire...
    16 KB (1,762 words) - 05:04, 10 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pune
    Pune (section Peshwa Rule)
    century, the city was part of the Maratha Empire, and the seat of the Peshwas, the prime ministers of the Maratha Empire. Pune was seized by the British...
    203 KB (16,491 words) - 15:25, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chitpavan Brahmins
    community came into prominence during the 18th century when the heirs of Peshwa from the Bhat family of Balaji Vishwanath became the de facto rulers of...
    70 KB (8,502 words) - 02:32, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Treaty of Bassein (1802)
    the English East India Company and Baji Rao II, the Maratha confederacy's Peshwa, it was signed on 31 December 1802 after the Battle of Poona, at the present...
    4 KB (277 words) - 21:50, 30 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Mastani
    Chhatrasal and Ruhani Bai Begum. She was the second wife of the Maratha Peshwa (Prime Minister) Baji Rao I. Her relationship within the Maratha Brahmin...
    12 KB (1,133 words) - 19:12, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple
    wife can be seen on the edge of the kunda. The current temple was built by Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao after it was destroyed by Mughal ruler Aurangzeb. The temple...
    16 KB (1,804 words) - 05:17, 8 July 2024
  • was only an impostor. Nevertheless, Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao retained him as the titular Chhatrapati. In reality, Peshwa and other chiefs had all the executive...
    6 KB (558 words) - 12:20, 2 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Visapur Fort
    Lohagad. It was built during 1713-1720 CE by Balaji Vishwanath, the first Peshwa of Maratha Empire. Visapur fort was built much later than Lohagad but the...
    7 KB (696 words) - 04:33, 28 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ranoji Scindia
    started in the service of Balaji Vishwanath Peshwa. At that time Ramchandrababa Sukhtankar, one of the Peshwa's diplomats, recognised Ranoji's talents and...
    9 KB (810 words) - 12:57, 3 June 2024