Peshwa

Peshwa was originally the title of the First Minister of the Marathas. The office later became hereditary, and the resolution of the Marathenreiches the Peshwas the rulers of princely successor states were.

The term comes from the Persian and was used already in 1152.

The Marathenherrscher Shivaji led a title for his First Minister. The first Peshwa was the Brahmin Moropant Trimbak Pingle. With the establishment of Baji Rao I. Official and Title in the family were hereditary. End of the 18th century did the Peshwas, must depend on themselves from their residence Pune from the states of the Marathas and forcing them into a vassal relationship. Upon dissolution of the Marathenreichs were considered the most powerful States shows that of the Sindia of Gwalior and the Holkar of Indore. 1802 came the Peshwa as a function of the British East India Company.

After the Third Marathenkrieg renounced the last Peshwa, Baji Rao II, in May 1818, and adopted by the British Government an annual pension to. As a residence him Bithur was instructed in Kanpur. His adopted son was Nana Sahib, who played the leading role in the great rebellion of 1857.

Peshwas

  • Balaji Vishwanath ( 1713-20 )
  • Baji Rao I ( 1720-40 )
  • Balaji Baji Rao ( 1740-61 )
  • Madhav Rao I. Ballal ( 1761-72 )
  • Narayan Rao ( 1772-73 )
  • Raghunath ( 1773-74; pretender )
  • Madhav Rao II Narayan ( 1774-95 )
  • Baji Rao II (1796-1818)
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