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Dabhade
Dabhade (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, [d̪abʱaːɖe]) surname signifies Maratha clan, Maratha and Koli people, Koli clans found largely in Maharashtra, India. The Maratha clan, Maratha Dabhades were originally centered on Talegaon Dabhade (in present-day Maharashtra), but became the chiefs of Gujarat. They held the hereditary title of ''Senapati'' (commander-in-chief) and several jagirs in Gujarat until 1751. That year, Umabai Dabhade and her relatives were arrested for a rebellion against the Peshwa, and were stripped of their titles. Rise to power At Dabhoi in 1731 the Maratha (caste), Marathas and their allies used flintlocks as well as Matchlock, matchlocks. Several Maratha contingents were composed of what one might term peripheral peoples. Sardar, Sardars from the Gaekwad dynasty, Gaikwad, Bande and Dabhade clans recruited Kolis armed with matchlocks. The coastal Kolis had gained firearms and infantry warfare experience while serving as auxiliary matchlock levies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umabai Dabhade
Umabai Dabhade (died 1753) was a prominent member of the Maratha Dabhade clan. The members of her family held the hereditary title ''senapati'' (commander-in-chief), and controlled several territories in Gujarat. After the deaths of her husband Khande Rao and her son Trimbak Rao, she exercised executive powers while her minor son Yashwant Rao remained the titular ''senapati''. Her unsuccessful rebellion against Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao resulted in the downfall of the Dabhade family. Early life Umabai Dabhade was the daughter of Abhonkar Devrao Thoke Deshmukh. She married Khanderao Dabhade, and was the youngest of his three wives. The couple had three sons ( Trimbakrao, Yashwantrao, and Sawai Baburao) and three daughters (Shahbai, Durgabai, and Anandibai). In 1710, Umabai built 470 steps on the hill to reach the temple of the goddess Saptashringi near Nashik. Rise as the Dabhade matriarch Umabai's husband Khande Rao was the Maratha senapati (commander-in-chief) under Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khanderao Dabhade
Khanderao Dabhade (born Khandoji Dabhade, ; – 27 September 1729) was a Maratha general who was appointed as Senapati, or commander-in-chief, by Maratha Emperor Shahu I in recognition of his military achievements. He is credited with leading the Maratha expansion in the Gujarat region by defeating the Mughals. In 1718, he led the Maratha forces dispatched to Delhi at the request of the Sayyid Brothers to depose Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar Farrukhsiyar (; 20 August 16839 April 1719), also spelled as Farrukh Siyar, was the tenth Mughal emperors, Mughal Emperor from 1713 to 1719. He rose to the throne after deposing his uncle Jahandar Shah. He was an emperor only in name, with all .... Early life Military expeditions and conflicts Death and succession Legacy References Notes Citations Bibliography * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dabhade, Khanderao Year of birth missing Indian nobility 1729 deaths People from Talegaon 18th-century nobility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trimbak Rao Dabhade
Trimbak Rao Dabhade (died 28 April 1731) was a Senapati of Maratha empire during 1729–1731. He was the son of Khande Rao Dabhade and Umabai Dabhade. The Dabhade clan had carried out several raids in the rich Mughal province of Gujarat, collecting '' chauth'' and '' sardeshmukhi'' taxes. After the death of his father Khande Rao in 1729, Trimbak Rao became the ''Senapati''. When the Maratha Chhatrapati Shahu I's Peshwa (prime minister) Bajirao I tried to take over the tax collection in Gujarat, the Dabhades rebelled against this decision. Trimbak Rao was assisted by Nizam of Hyderabad Nizam of Hyderabad was the title of the ruler of Hyderabad State ( part of the Indian state of Telangana, and the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka). ''Nizam'' is a shortened form of (; ), and was the title bestowed upon Asaf Jah I wh ... and other Maratha clans that had traditionally controlled Gujarat ( Gaekwad and Kadam Bande) and also Shahu's Pratinidhi and Samant. On 28 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajirao I
Bajirao I (né Visaji, ; 18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740) was the 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. He was appointed Peshwa at the age of nineteen by Shahu I, following the death of his father, Balaji Vishwanath. He is credited with establishing the Marathas as the supreme power in the Indian subcontinent, displacing Mughal Empire, Mughal dominance. In the Deccan Plateau, Deccan region, the Nizam of Hyderabad emerged as a major power. The relations between the two states deteriorated after the Marathas under the leadership of Fateh Singh Bhonsle invaded Karnataka in 1725, which came under the Nizam's influence. Alarmed by these incursions, the Nizam decided to contest the Maratha taxation rights in the Deccan granted via Balaji Vishwanath#Northward expansion, the Mughal-Maratha treaty of 1718-19 and attacked Pune. Bajirao in response led a campaign against the Nizam in which the latter suffered a decisive defeat at the Battle of Palkhed. This victory solidified the Marathas' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaji Baji Rao
Balaji Baji Rao (8 December 1720 – 23 June 1761), often referred to as Nana Saheb I, was the 8th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. He was appointed as Peshwa in 1740 upon the death of his father, Peshwa Bajirao I. During his tenure, the Chhatrapati (Maratha Emperor) was a mere figurehead. At the same time, the Maratha empire started transforming into a confederation, confederacy, in which individual chiefs—such as the House of Holkar, Holkars, the Scindias and the Bhonsles of Nagpur kingdom—became more powerful. During Balaji Rao's tenure, the Maratha territory reached its zenith. A large part of this expansion, however, was led by the individual chiefs of the Maratha Empire. Balaji Bajirao's administration worked with his cousin Sadashivrao Bhau, introducing new legislative and financial systems in the state. Under his leadership, the borders of the Maratha Empire expanded to Peshawar in present-day Pakistan, Srirangapatna in Karnataka, and Midnapore, Medinipur in West Beng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damaji Rao Gaekwad
Damaji Rao Gaekwad was the second Maharaja of Baroda reigning from 14 May 1732 until his death on 18 August 1768. Early life Damaji, also known as Damaji II, was the third son of Pilaji Rao Gaekwad. His father Pilaji was an adopted son of Damaji I, who had received the hereditary title ''Shamsher Bahadur'' from Chhattrapati Shahu. Pilaji himself had received another hereditary title, ''Sena Khas Khel''. Rebellion against the Peshwa The Gaekwads were originally lieutenants of the Dabhade family, the Maratha chiefs of Gujarat and holders of the ''senapati'' (commander-in-chief) title. In 1731, Trimbak Rao Dabhade was killed for rebelling against Peshwa Baji Rao. The Peshwa allowed the Dabhades to retain their title and territories in Gujarat, on the condition that they would remit half of their revenues to the Maratha Chhatrapati's treasury. His minor brother Yashwant Rao Dabhade was appointed as the ''senapati'', with his mother Umabai Dabhade exercising the executiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talegaon Dabhade
Talegaon is a town on the outskirts of the city of Pune, India. Demographics At the 2001 Census of India, Talegaon Dabhade had a population of 42,574. Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. The average literacy rate was 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 83%, and female literacy was 75%. At that time, 11% of the population was under 6 years of age. At the 2011 Census of India, the village comprised 13,856 households. The population of 56,435 was split between 29,033 males and 27,402 females. Transport Talegaon is served by Talegaon railway station which serves as a terminus for trains running on the Pune Suburban Railway. The station is of two platforms and has four tracks with two footbridges. This serves access to Talegaon Dabhade (village), Talegaon Dabhade village and General Motors, General Motors, Pune plant. PMPML bus services to Alandi, Katraj, Nigadi, Chakan, Vadgaon are available. Private taxies are also available. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaekwad Dynasty
Gaekwads (also spelled as Gaikwads, Guicowars, Gaekwars) (IAST: ''Gāyakavāḍa''), a Hindu Maratha (caste), Maratha dynasty of the former Maratha Confederacy, Maratha Empire and its subsequent (erstwhile) princely state of Baroda State, Baroda in West India, western India from the early 18th century until 1947. The ruling prince was known as the Maharaja Gaekwad of Baroda. With the city of Baroda (Vadodara) as its capital, during the British Raj its relations with the British were managed by the Baroda Residency. It was one of the largest and wealthiest princely states of British India, with its wealth coming from the lucrative cotton business as well as rice, wheat and sugar production. Early history The Gaekwad rule of Vadodara, Baroda began when the Marathas, Maratha general Pilaji Rao Gaekwad conquered the city from the Mughal Empire in 1721. The Gaekwads were granted the city as a Jagir by Chhatrapati Shahu I, the head of state of the Maratha Confederacy. In their earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardar
Sardar, also spelled as Sardaar (, , 'commander', literally 'headmaster'), is a title of royal family, royalty and nobility that was originally used to denote princes, noblemen, chiefs, kings and other Aristocracy (class), aristocrats. It has also been used to denote a chief or leader of a tribe or group. It is used as a Persian synonym of the title ''Emir'' of Arabic origin. The term and its cognates originate from Persian ''sardār'' () and have been historically used across Islamic Persia, Persia (Iran), the Ottoman Empire and Turkey (as "Serdar (Ottoman rank), Serdar"), Afghanistan (as "Sardar" for a member of the royal Mohammadzai, Mohammadzai clan in meaning of noblemen), Mesopotamia (now Iraq), Syria, South Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Nepal), Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Balkans and Egypt (as "Sirdar"). Amongst Sikhs, the term began to be adopted due to Afghan influence in the mid-18th century to signify a leader of a Jatha or Misl and gradually replaced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahu I
Shahu I (Shivaji Sambhaji Raje Bhonsale; ; 18 May 1682 – 15 December 1749) was the fifth Chhatrapati or head of state of the Maratha Empire founded by his grandfather, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Shivaji I. He was born into the House of Bhonsle (Royal House), Bhonsle family and was the son of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, Sambhaji I and Yesubai Bhonsale, Yesubai. At a young age, he was taken into custody at the Siege of Raigad by Mughal Empire, Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, and held captive. He was released from captivity after the death of Aurangzeb in the hope of engineering an internecine struggle among the Maratha factions of Tarabai and Shahu. Shahu emerged victorious in the bloody Battle of Khed and was crowned as Chhatrapati. During Shahu's reign, Maratha power and influence extended to much of central and western India, which had then created a strong Maratha Kingdom. After his death, his ministers and generals such as the Maratha Peshwa and Generals from Bhat Family, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maratha Empire
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern India, early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent List of Maratha dynasties and states, Maratha states under the nominal leadership of the former. The Marathas were a Marathi language, Marathi-speaking peasantry group from the western Deccan Plateau (present-day Maharashtra) that rose to prominence under leadership of Shivaji (17th century), who revolted against the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire for establishing "Hindavi Swarajya" (). The religious attitude of Aurangzeb, Emperor Aurangzeb estranged Kafir, non-Muslims, and the Deccan wars, Maratha insurgency came at a great cost for his men and treasury. The Maratha government also included warriors, administrators, and other nobles from other Marathi people, Marathi groups. Shivaji's monarchy, referred to as the Maratha Kingdom, expanded into a large realm in the 18th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peshwa
The Peshwa was the second highest office in the Maratha Empire, next in rank and prestige only to that of the Chhatrapati. Initially serving as the appointed prime minister in the Maratha Kingdom, the office became hereditary when Shahu gave the seat of Peshwa to Bajirao I, Bajirao Ballal. During the reign of Shahu, the office of Peshwa grew in power and the Peshwas came to be the ''de facto'' rulers of the Maratha Confederacy. Eventually, the Chhatrapati title became titular and the main heads were the Peshwas according to the Sangola pact. All Peshwas during the rule of Shivaji, Sambhaji and Rajaram I, Rajaram belonged to Marathi people, Marathi Deshastha Brahmin community. The first Peshwa was Moropant Trimbak Pingle, Moropant Pingle, who was appointed as the head of the Ashta Pradhan (council of eight ministers) by Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Kingdom. The initial Peshwas were all ministers who served as the chief executives to the king. The later Peshwas held the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
