The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t47: Mahratta Sovereigns of Sātāra and Kolhāpūr, and Peshwas
The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c9.s2.t47
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Mahratta Sovereigns of Sātāra and Kolhāpūr, and Peshwas
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1. Bābājī Bhonsla (Headman of three villages near Ellora.)
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2. Mālōjī Bhonsla (Jaghirdar of Poona and Supa.)
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3. Shāhjī Bhonsla Born 1594. Died 1664.
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Vinājī.
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Sambhājī (Killed in battle.)
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4. Śivājī I ‘Mahārāja’ in 1674. Died 1680.
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Venkājī or Ekōjī Seized Tanjore 1674.
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(illegitimate) Santājī.
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5. Sambhājī I 1689. Subdued by Aurangzīb and executed, 1689.
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6. Rāma Rāja, or Rājā Rām 1689-1700. Md. Tārā-Bāī.
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8. Shāhūjī, or Sāhu I 1707-1749. Government carried on by a Pēshwa, Bālāji Viśvanātha.
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7. Śivājī II 1700-1707. Ousted by Shāhūjī. Died 1712.
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Sambhājī II Seized Kolhapūr and made it a separate kingdom. 1712. (See below.)
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9. Rājā Rām II or Rāma-Rāja. Adopted by Shāhūjī. 1749-1777.
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(adopted)
10. Abbā Sāhib, or Shāhūjī II
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11. Pratāpa Simha 1808-1839. Deposed.
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Rāma Rāja.
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12. Shāhjī or Appā Sāhib 1839-1848. Died without issue.
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NOTES.—2. Mālōjī rose to power as a soldier.
3. Shāhjī was patronized by the Emperor Shāh Jahān, and received a large jāghīr in Mysore from the Bijāpūr Sultan.
8. Shāhūjī I seized Sātāra from Śivājī II. His Peshwa gradually acquired all power in the State (see below). Kolhāpūr was recognized as a separate State in 1730.
9. Rāja Rām was practically kept as a prisoner by the Peshwa. On the death of 12. Shāhjī, without heirs Sātāra was annexed by the British Government in 1849.
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Mahrattas of Kolhāpūr
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1. Sambhājī II Second son of Rāma Rāja of Sātāra Seized Kolhāpūr, 1712, and became its independent ruler in 1730. Died 1760.
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2. Śivājī III Adopted by Sambhājī's widow, Jījī Bai.
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3. Sambhājī or Abbā Sāhib. 1812-1822. Murdered. Left an infant son who at once ‘died.’
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4. Shāhjī or Bāwā Sahib. 1822-1837.
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5. Śivājī IV (adopted). 1837-1866.
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6. Rājā Rām (adopted). 1866-1870.
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7. Śivājī V (adopted). 1870-1873.
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8. Jaswant Rao or Babā Sahib. (adopted). 1883.
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The Peshwas
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1. Bālājī Viśvanātha. The first Peshwa. Created by Shāhūjī of Sātāra, 1714–1720. The office became hereditary. 2. Bājī Rāo I 1720–1740. 3. Bālājī Bājī Rāo 1740–1761. 7. Raghunātha Rāo, or Rāghōba 1773. 4. Viśvas Rāo alias Sadāśiva¹ Bhāu’. 1761. (Killed in battle). 5. Mādhava Rāo I 1761–1772. 6. Narrain Rāo (Murdered. 1773). 8. Mādhava Rāo II 1774–1795. 9. Bājī Rāo II 1795–1818. Amrit Rāo. Chimnājī. 10. Dundu Panth alias ‘Nāna Sahib.’ Fought against English in 1857.
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NOTES.—2, *Bājī Rāo I* invaded the Karṇāṭaka country in 1726. He defeated Nizām-ul-Mulk, Subahdar of the Dekhan, in 1728; and obtained several districts from the Mughal Emperor as his own *Jāghīr*. He levied *chauth* in all directions.
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3. *Bālājī Rāo* attacked Haidar Ali at Secunderabad in 1757. Captured Delhi 1760. He was defeated by the Durāṇī Muhammadans at Panipat 1761, when his son Viśvaś Rāo was killed.
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7. Raghunātha Rāo sided with the English against the French. He murdered his nephew (6) Narrain Rāo.
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9. *Bājī Rāo II* became a feudatory of the English ‘Company.’