The Rise of Peshwas :-
Balaji Viswanath (1713-1720) : He began his career as a small revenue official and was given the title of Sena Karte (maker of the Army) by Shahu 1708. He became Peshwa in 1730 and made the post of most important and powerful as well as hereditary. He played a crucial role in the final victory of Shahu over the Mughuls by winning over almost all the Marathas Sardas to the side of Shahu. He concluded an agreement with the Sayyid brothers (1719) by which the Mogul emperor recognised Shahu as the king of the Swarajya .
Baji Rao (1720-1740) : Baji Rao, the eldest son of Balaji Viswanath, became Pashwa at the yound age of 20. He was considered the greatest exponent of gurrilla tactic after Shivaji and Maratha Power reached zenith under him. Baji Rao I conquered Bassein and Salsette from the Portuguese (1733). He also defeated the Nizar-ul-Mulk near Bhopal and concluded the Treaty of Durai Sarai by which he got Malwa and Bundelkhand from the latter (1737). He led innumerable successful expeditions into North India to weaken the Mughal empire and to make the Marathas the supreme power in India. He said "Let us strike at the trunk of the withering tree and the branches will fall of themselves."
Balaji Baji Rao (1740-61) : Known as Nana Saheb, he succeeded his father at the age of 20. After the death of Sahu (1749), the management of all state of affairs was left in his hands. In an agreement with the Mughul emperor, the Peshwa (1752) was to protect the Mughal empire from internal and external enemies in return for the Chauth.
Third Battle of Panipat: Faught in 1761, the Maratha forces were routed by the forces of Ahmad Shah Abdali. Vishwas Rao, son of Nana Saheb, lost his life.
Balaji Viswanath (1713-1720) : He began his career as a small revenue official and was given the title of Sena Karte (maker of the Army) by Shahu 1708. He became Peshwa in 1730 and made the post of most important and powerful as well as hereditary. He played a crucial role in the final victory of Shahu over the Mughuls by winning over almost all the Marathas Sardas to the side of Shahu. He concluded an agreement with the Sayyid brothers (1719) by which the Mogul emperor recognised Shahu as the king of the Swarajya .
Baji Rao (1720-1740) : Baji Rao, the eldest son of Balaji Viswanath, became Pashwa at the yound age of 20. He was considered the greatest exponent of gurrilla tactic after Shivaji and Maratha Power reached zenith under him. Baji Rao I conquered Bassein and Salsette from the Portuguese (1733). He also defeated the Nizar-ul-Mulk near Bhopal and concluded the Treaty of Durai Sarai by which he got Malwa and Bundelkhand from the latter (1737). He led innumerable successful expeditions into North India to weaken the Mughal empire and to make the Marathas the supreme power in India. He said "Let us strike at the trunk of the withering tree and the branches will fall of themselves."
Balaji Baji Rao (1740-61) : Known as Nana Saheb, he succeeded his father at the age of 20. After the death of Sahu (1749), the management of all state of affairs was left in his hands. In an agreement with the Mughul emperor, the Peshwa (1752) was to protect the Mughal empire from internal and external enemies in return for the Chauth.
Third Battle of Panipat: Faught in 1761, the Maratha forces were routed by the forces of Ahmad Shah Abdali. Vishwas Rao, son of Nana Saheb, lost his life.
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