Bajirao II was the final holder of the office of the Peshwa. After his defeat in the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1818), the British East India Company abolished the position of Peshwa entirely. He was stripped of his territories, removed from ...
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Bajirao II, the son of Raghunath Rao, was the Peshwa during both the Second and Third Anglo-Maratha Wars. His weak leadership, personal insecurities and constant intrigue against his own sardars led him to sign the Treaty of Bassein (1802) with ...
The First Anglo-Maratha War occurred during the minority of Peshwa Madhavrao Narayan. The war was triggered when the British supported the deposed Raghunath Rao’s claim to the Peshwaship. The Maratha regency council, led by Nana Fadnavis, successfully resisted British aggression, ...
After the assassination of Narayan Rao, his infant son Madhavrao Narayan (Sawai Madhavrao) was named Peshwa. Because he was a minor, a regency council known as the “Barbhai Council,” led by Nana Fadnavis and Mahadaji Scindia, governed the empire. This ...
Madhav Rao I is revered as the ‘Last Great Peshwa’ because he remarkably rebuilt the Maratha Empire within a decade of the Panipat defeat. He restored the shattered economy, suppressed internal rebellions and defeated major enemies like the Nizam and ...