History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c41.261

v2.c41.261

Mudhoji had three sons, Raghuji or Bāpu Ṣāḥib, Khaṇḍuji or Chimnā Bāpu and Vyānkoji or Manyā Bāpu; and the eldest was given in adoption to Jānuji of Daryābāi. It was decided by Jānuji before his death in consultation with the Peshwa Mādhav Rāo I that the administration of the Bhonsle State was to be carried on by Daryābāi with the help of Mudhoji after she had taken Raghuji as her adopted son; but Madhav Rāo I did not agree to the appointment of Mudhoji as regent because the latter had taken the part of Raghunāth Rāo Dādā Ṣāḥib in his quarrel with his nephew. On the other hand, Sābāji had taken the part of Mādhav Rāo I in these quarrels and therefore he was favoured by the Peshwā Mādhav Rāo and Nārāyaṇ Rāo and Nānā Faḍnis.