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Spectrum Chart - 296 : Maratha Warriors
1. Shahaji - Shahaji Raje Bhonsle was a
Maratha general from the 17th century. Shahaji inherited the Pune and
Supe jagirs, under the Ahmadnagar Sultanate. During the Mughal
invasion of Deccan, he joined the Mughal forces and served Emperor
Shah Jahan for a brief period. An early exponent of guerrilla
warfare, he brought the house of Bhonsle into prominence. He was
father of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. The princely
states of Tanjore, Kolhapur and Satara are also Bhonsle legacies.
2. Shivaji - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
is the founder of Maratha dynasty and a warrior king of the Maratha.
In 1674, he was formally crowned as the Chhatrapati (Monarch) of his
realm at Raigad. Shivaji Maharaj established a competent and
progressive civil rule with the help of a disciplined military and
well-structured administrative organisations. He innovated military
tactics, pioneering the guerrilla warfare methods.
3. Baji Prabhu - Baji Prabhu Deshpande was
a Minister/Count and commander for Shivaji, historical founder of the
Maratha empire. The well celebrated legend of Baji Prabhu is
intricately linked with an important rear guard battle enabling
Shivaji's escape from Panhala fort, he was the hero who sacrificed
his life for his king and country. He was a great warrior. He had
mastered the art of using a weapon called "Dand Patta".
4. Ramdas – Ramdas was a noted
17th-century Brahmin saint and spiritual poet of Maharashtra. He is
most remembered for his Advaita Vendatist text, the Dasbodh. Ramdas
was a devotee of Hanuman and Rama.
5. Sambhaji - Sambhaji Bhosale was the
eldest son of Chhatrapati Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire.
He was successor of the realm after his father's death. Sambhaji's
rule was largely shaped by the ongoing wars between the Maratha
kingdom and the Mughal Empire, as well as other neighbouring powers
such as the Siddis, Mysore and the Portuguese in Goa.
6. Shahu - Shahuji Bhosle was the fourth
Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire created by his grandfather,
Chhatrapati Shivaji. More popularly known as Chattrapati Shahu. He
was the son of the second Chhatrapati Sambhaji. During his rule, he
was the binding force of the Marathas. Shahuji was instrumental in
giving space to new talents irrespective of their background. During
his tenure almost all sections of society rose to power.
7. Tarabai - Tarabai Bhonsle was a royal
from the Maratha empire of India. She was the queen of Chhatrapati
Rajaram Bhonsle, son of the empire's founder Shivaji. She is
acclaimed for her role in keeping alive the resistance against Mughal
occupation of Maratha territories after the death of her husband in
1700.
8. Balaji Vishwanath - Balaji Vishwanath,
better known as Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath, was the first of a series
of hereditary Peshwas hailing from the konkani Chitpavan Brahmin
family who gained effective control of the Maratha Empire during the
18th century. Balaji Vishwanath assisted a young Maratha Emperor
Shahu to consolidate his grip on a kingdom that had been racked by
civil war and persistent attack by the Mughals under Aurangzeb. He
was called "the second founder of the Maratha State."
9. Raghoba - Shreemant Raghunathrao Ballal
Peshwa aka Raghoba was Peshwa of the Maratha Empire from 1773 to
1774. He is favourably remembered by Hindus for the fact that he
brought an end to Muslim rule at Hindu religious places such as
Mathura, Vrindavan, Gaya, Kurukshetra. Raghunathrao imprisoned Mughal
Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur and made Alamgir II Emperor in his place.
He was appointed as a regent to the young Peshwa, but tried to
interfere with the administration. He soon fell out of favour with
the Peshwa.
10. Bajirao - Bajirao was a general of the
Maratha Empire in India. He served as Peshwa to the fourth Maratha
Chhatrapati Shahu from 1720 until Bajirao's death. Bajirao is
credited with expanding the Maratha Empire, especially in the north.
In his brief military career spanning 20 years, Bajirao never lost a
battle.
11. Malhar Rao Holkar - Malhar Rao Holkar
was a noble of the Maratha Empire, in present-day India. Malhar Rao
is particularly known for being the first Maratha Subhedar of Malwa
in Central India. He was the first prince from the Holkar family
which ruled the state of Indore. He was one of the early officers to
help spread the Maratha rule to northern states and was given the
state of Indore to rule by the Peshwa's.
12. Ahilyabai - Maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar
was the Holkar Queen of the Maratha ruled Malwa kingdom, India. She
moved the capital to Maheshwar south of Indore on the Narmada River.
Rani Ahilyabai was a great builder and patron of many Hindu temples
which embellished Maheshwar and Indore. She also built temples and
Dharmshala at sacred sites outside her kingdom. Ahilyabai’s capital
at Maheshwar was the scene of literary, musical, artistic and
industrial enterprise.
13. Madhavrao - Madhav Rao I was the fourth
Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. During his tenure, the Maratha empire
recovered from the losses they suffered during the Panipat Campaign,
a phenomenon known as the "Maratha Resurrection". He is
considered one of the greatest Peshwas in Maratha history.
14. Sawai Madhavrao - Sawai Madhavrao
Peshwa was Peshwa of the Maratha Empire in India, from his infancy.
He was installed as Peshwa by the Treaty of Salbai in 1782.
15. Mahadaji Shinde - Mahadaji Shinde was a
Maratha ruler of the Maratha Empire of the state of Gwalior in
central India. Mahadaji was instrumental in resurrecting Maratha
power in North India after the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761 and
rose to become a trusted lieutenant of the Peshwa, leader of the
Maratha Empire. Along with Madhavrao I and Nana Fadnavis, he was one
of the three pillars of Maratha Resurrection. During his reign,
Gwalior became the leading state in the Maratha Empire.
16. Ramshastri - Ram Shastri Prabhune was
the Chief Justice in the apex court of the Maratha Empire in the
latter half of the 18th century, during the heyday of that empire. He
is best remembered for having passed strictures against the sitting
Peshwa of the time for instigating murder. Ram Shastri's integrity in
public affairs is regarded as a model for all times.
17. Bapu Gokhale - Bapu Gokhale was a
general working for the Marathas in the Third Anglo-Maratha War.
Gokhale was entrusted by Peshwa Baji Rao II with the preparations of
the Third Anglo-Maratha War against the British in 1818. He died
during the battle of Ashti while defending the Peshwa from the
British.
18. Nana Phadnavis - Nana Phadnavis was an
influential minister and statesman of the Maratha Empire during the
Peshwa administration in Pune. Nana's administrative, diplomatic and
financial skills brought prosperity to the Maratha Empire and his
management of external affairs kept the Maratha Empire away from the
thrust of the British East India Company. He displayed his best
warfare skills in various battles won by Maratha forces against the
Nizam of Hyderabad, Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan of Mysore and the
English Army.
19. Bajirao (Second) - Baji Rao II was the
last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire and governed from 1795 to 1818. He
was installed as a puppet ruler by the Maratha nobles, whose growing
power prompted him to flee his capital Pune and sign the Treaty of
Bassein (1802) with the British. In 1817, Baji Rao II joined the
Third Anglo-Maratha War against the British, after they favoured the
Gaekwad nobles in a revenue-sharing dispute. After suffering several
battle defeats, the Peshwa surrendered to the British and agreed to
retire in return for an estate at Bithoor and an annual pension.
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