[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v2.c46.28 # A History of the Mahrattas v2.c46.28 A History of the Mahrattas v2.c46.28 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c46.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c46.28) ¹ \[Bālāji Kūnjar (Ballajee Koonjur) had been employed by Purandhare in collecting revenue in Khāndesh, and became a kind of orderly officer to Bājīrāo, to whom on one occasion he lent 8,000 rupees. Bājīrāo subsequently appointed him minister with a salary of 30,000 rupees a year. On the defeat of Bājīrāo at Poona in 1802, Bālāji Kūnjar urged the Pēshwā to form an alliance with Sindia rather than with the British. He remained with Sindia till a short time prior to his death at Pandharpur in 1816. His family was granted a pension by the British Government, in addition to the rights and allowances of Sar Pātelkī or head patelship of Poona. (Forrest, Selections (Marāthā Series), i. 682.)\] - [Previous: v2.c46.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c46.27) - [Next: v2.c46.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c46.29) - [Up: v2.c46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c46) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c46.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c46.28) · Pramāṇa