Raghunath Rao, the younger brother of Peshwa Balaji Bajirao, led the Maratha expedition into North India that successfully captured Punjab. His forces took Lahore and drove out the agents of Ahmad Shah Abdali. This campaign famously pushed the Maratha frontier ...
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Raghoji Bhonsle, the ruler of Nagpur, led a series of successful invasions into Eastern India. For a decade, his forces harassed the Nawab of Bengal, Alivardi Khan. Eventually, in 1751, a treaty was signed where the Nawab ceded Odisha to ...
The Sangola Treaty of 1750 was a landmark constitutional shift. It officially transferred real executive power from the Chhatrapati at Satara to the Peshwa at Pune. The Chhatrapati became a titular head, while the Peshwa was recognized as the supreme ...
The first Maratha leader to formally accept Lord Wellesley’s Subsidiary Alliance was Peshwa Bajirao II through the Treaty of Bassein in 1802. Driven by his defeat against the Holkars, Bajirao II sought British protection. This treaty effectively surrendered the Maratha ...
The ‘Sarjami’ system was related to the Maratha land revenue and military grant system. It was essentially a variation of the Mughal Jagirdari system, where land revenue assignments were granted to Maratha Sardars in return for military service. This system ...