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 ...
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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 ...
The reign of Chhatrapati Shahu (1707–1749) is known as the effective reign of the Peshwas. Although Shahu was the Chhatrapati, he delegated most of the executive, military and administrative powers to his chosen Peshwas, especially Balaji Vishwanath and Bajirao I, ...
After Shivaji’s death, his son Shambhaji became the second Chhatrapati. Shambhaji elevated the North Indian Brahmin, Kavi Kalash, to the position of his chief advisor, effectively making him the second Peshwa (though the title was Kavi Kalash). Kavi Kalash held ...