The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s8.263

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In 1713 Kánhoji Angria went over to Sháhu and the concessions then granted were such as to make him practically independent. He received all the great forts on the coast from Khánderi to Vijaydurg, and many inland, including Avchitgad Rájápur and Khárepátan. Báláji Vishvanáth, a Chitpáwan of the family of Bhat and town of Shrivardhan a little north of Bánkot, was the chief agent in the negotiations which led to this arrangement, and this was the first important service of this great man, who was soon afterwards appointed Peshwa, and whose successors so soon eclipsed the Marátha dynasty. The first consequence of the new alliance was the taking from the Sidi of some places which he had held for many years. This he naturally resented, but Angria and Báláji Vishvanáth invaded his territory and compelled him to submit.