A History of the Mahrattas v1.c19.74

v1.c19.74

² [With the dismissal of Bahiropant (Byhroo Punt) the Pinglē family sank into insignificance. Shāhu Rājā, in return for past services, granted to the family in perpetuity certain lands and forts, yielding annually Rs. 60,000. These were subsequently seized by the Pēshvā Māhdu Rāo in 1768, who granted in lieu thereof an annual income of Rs. 10,000. Even this reduced grant was sequestrated as soon as Bājī Rāo became Pēshvā in 1796, and the Pinglē family was reduced to poverty. After the overthrow of Bājī Rāo, and on the recommendation of Mountstuart Elphinstone, the representative of the family was granted an allowance of Rs. 1,800 from the Poona treasury, to which the Rājā of Sātāra added an allowance of Rs. 480 per annum. On the death of the Rājā this latter allowance was continued by the Bombay Government at the instance of Mr. (afterwards Sir) Bartle Frere until 1856. The present representative of the family is a third-class Sardār of the Deccan, and draws an annual stipend as manager of the temples at Pratāpgarh and Mahābaleshvar. (Parasnis, Mahableshwar, pp. 44–47.)]