Nagpur (pronunciation: [naːɡpuːɾ]) is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 14th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nagpur is projected to be the fifth fastest growing city in the world from 2019 to 2035 with an average growth of 8.41%. It has been proposed as one of the Smart Cities in ...

Maratha Confederacy. 1713: Chatrapati Shahu I becomes a puppet of the Peshwas(Bhat Family); 1818: Third Anglo-Maratha War Bhonsle States. 1849: annexation of the Satara State by the East India Company; 1853: annexation of the Nagpur State by the East India Company; 1855: annexation of the Thanjavur State by the East India Company; 1947: annexation of the …

Maratha Confederacy. 1713: Chatrapati Shahu I becomes a puppet of the Peshwas(Bhat Family); 1818: Third Anglo-Maratha War Bhonsle States. 1849: annexation of the Satara State by the East India Company; 1853: annexation of the Nagpur State by the East India Company; 1855: annexation of the Thanjavur State by the East India Company; 1947: annexation of the …

Chhattisgarh (/ tʃ æ t ɪ s ɡ ɑː r /, Hindi: [ˈtʃʰət̪ːiːsgəɽʱ]) is a landlocked state in Central India.It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Pradesh to the northwest, Maharashtra to the southwest, Jharkhand to the northeast, Odisha to the ...

Early years and family. Balaji Rao was born in the Bhat family, to Peshwa Baji Rao I, on 8 December 1720.After Baji Rao's death in April 1740, Chhatrapati Shahu appointed 19-year old Balaji as the Peshwa in August 1740, despite opposition from other chiefs such as Raghoji I Bhonsle. He was married to Gopikabai.The couple had three sons, Vishwasrao who died in the …

Shivaji (1630–1680) was a Maratha aristocrat of the Bhosale clan who is the founder of the Maratha empire. Shivaji led a resistance to free the people from the Sultanate of Bijapur in 1645 by winning the fort Torna, followed by many more forts, placing the area under his control and establishing Hindavi Swarajya (self-rule of Hindu people).He created an independent Maratha …

Shaniwar Wada is a historical fortification in the city of Pune, India.. Built in 1732, it was the great seat of the Peshwas of the Maratha Empire until 1818. Following the rise of the Maratha Empire, the palace became the center of Indian politics in the 18th century. The fort itself was largely destroyed in 1828 by an unexplained fire, but the surviving structures are now maintained as a ...

Madhya Pradesh (/ ˌ m ə d j ə p r ə ˈ d ɛ ʃ /, Hindi: [ˈməd̪ʱjə pɾəˈdeːʃ] (); meaning 'central province') is a state in central India.Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the second largest Indian state by area and the fifth largest state by population with over 72 ...

The Maratha caste is composed of Marathi clans originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant (), shepherd (), pastoral (), blacksmith (), carpenter (Sutar), Bhandari, Thakar and Koli castes in Maharashtra.Many of them took to military service in the 16th century for the Deccan sultanates or the Mughals. ...

The Battle of Pävankhind was a rearguard last stand that took place on 13 July 1660 at a mountain pass in the vicinity of fort Vishalgad, near the city of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India between the Maratha Baji Prabhu Deshpande,and warriors Bandal and Siddi Masud of Adilshah Sultanate. The engagement ended with the destruction of 5000 bijapur forces resulted in a …