This famous, ambitious statement was made by Peshwa Bajirao I. He said this to Chhatrapati Shahu I around 1720, advocating for a policy of aggressive expansion into North India. The “old, drying tree” referred to the weak and crumbling Later ...
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Chhatrapati Shahu I (reign 1707–1749) was the last Maratha ruler to enjoy full sovereign powers. Although he delegated administrative and military authority to the Peshwas, the power still rested with him. After his death, the power was completely formalized in ...
Tarabai , the wife of Rajaram, is considered the bravest woman of the Maratha Empire. After the death of her husband, she placed her young son, Shivaji II, on the throne and valiantly led the Maratha resistance against the massive ...
The 1719 treaty, called the ‘Magna Carta’ of the Maratha Empire, was signed on behalf of Maratha Chhatrapati Shahu by Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath and the Sayyid Brothers for the nominal Mughal Emperor Rafi-ud-Darajat. The treaty officially legalized the Marathas’ rights ...
The Treaty of Salbai (1782) ended the First Anglo-Maratha War. Its key term was the British formal recognition of the infant Madhav Rao II as the legitimate Peshwa, thereby abandoning their support for the rival claimant, Raghunath Rao (Raghoba). The ...