A History of the Mahrattas v1.c25.84

v1.c25.84

¹ [Vinchur (Vinchoor) lies in Nāsik District, between Nāsik and Chandvad (Chandor). The estate which formerly comprised forty-five villages in Nāsik District, six in Ahmadnagar, and two in Poona, now contains twenty-six villages only in Nāsik District, half the estate having lapsed to the British Government in 1892. Vithal Shivdev, the founder of the family, was originally the Kulkarni of Nigdi village in Sātāra District, and was one of the few Deshasth Brahmans who attained eminence under the Pēshwās, who were Konkanasth Brahmans. He fought under Chimnājī Appā, and distinguished himself at the siege of Bassein. At the time of the British conquest of the Pēshwā’s dominion, the affairs and estates of the family were managed by a distant connexion, Bālobā, who accompanied Bājī Rāo II to Bithūr. The present chief ranks as a first-class Sardār of the Deccan, and enjoys a rental of Rs. 37,000. (I.G. Bom., i. 484, and Forrest, Selections (Marāthā Series), i. 698.)]