A History of the Mahrattas v1.c11.65
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c11.65
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² His full name was Shāmrāj Nilkanth Ranjhekar. (Sarkar, Shivaji and His Times, Calcutta (1919), pp. 37, 43, 57.) Pant (Punt) is a diminutive of Pandit. Peishwā, i.e. Pēshwā, is a Persian word, meaning ‘leader.’ Shāmrāj was succeeded in the office of Pēshwā by Moro Trimal Pingle who, while commanding the Marāthā forces, is constantly referred to in the Bombay Records. (Forrest, Home Papers, i. 67, 96, 115.)]