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Rise of the Peshwas

1931

The first was marked by court intrigues and partisan bloodshed and consquently by corruption in the government ; the militant nature of the second filled the land with all the horrors of war— rapine and pillage famine and pestilence ; and the third was marked by that great outburst of the latent energy of the Marathas which surprised the neighbouring& powers. [...] In 1681 the flight of Prince Akbar to the Court of Sambhaji drew in the concentrated strength of the Muglial Empire upon the Deccan ; and Aurangzeb in vim determiner tion set forth to destroy the last Shiah states to reduce theii THE RISE OF THE PESHWAS Marathas and to reclaim his rebellious sonto allegiance. [...] The Maratha leaders turned their activities to advantage ; and the destroyer of Golconda and Bijapur and the murderer of Sambhaji had to face at once the fury of the Marathas and the hatred of the Deccani Muhammadans. [...] Balaji Vishwanath is the founder of the house of the Peshwas who made the office hereditary in their family paralysed the power of their colleagues and ultimately that of the king. [...] At the end of the affair the widow of the headman came with her son and with many a word of regret sought the protection of the king.
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Pages
295
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.143791
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii H.N. Sinha view
Preface
i-viii H.N. Sinha view
An Introduction to the Rise of the Peshwas
i-xxviii H.N. Sinha view
Chapter I. Balaji Vishwanath’s Rise To Peshwaship-settlement of the Country
1-22 H.N. Sinha view
Chapter II. The Marathas and the Mughals-Balaji in Delhi (1715-1719)
23-41 H.N. Sinha view
Chapter III. Estimate of Balaji Vishwanath’s Work
42-55 H.N. Sinha view
Chapter IV. Early Regime of Baji Rao (1720-1727)
56-81 H.N. Sinha view
Chapter V. A Period Of Struggle—Baji Rao’s Ultimate Triumph (1727-1731)
82-104 H.N. Sinha view
Chapter VI. Gujrat Malwa and Bundelkhand (1731-1738)
105-139 H.N. Sinha view
Chapter VII. Peshwa’s Supremacy in the Konkan (1733-1739)
140-172 H.N. Sinha view
Chapter VIII. End of Baji Rao—Review of his Work
173-187 H.N. Sinha view
Chapter IX. Regime of Nana Saheb Peshwa (1740-1748)
188-211 H.N. Sinha view
Chapter X. Death of Shahu and Coronation of Ram Raja
212-235 H.N. Sinha view
Chapter XI. Women’s War and Triumph of the Peshwa (1749-1752)
236-255 H.N. Sinha view

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