New History of the Marathas v2.c30.67

v2.c30.67

So long as the benign hand of Shahu was at his back, Nana Saheb succeeded in holding together several discordant elements, but after the death of that monarch, he was confronted with serious political complications arising one after another, and thereafter his weakness of character and consequent failures became glaring. After Shahu's death he removed the Maratha administration from Satara to Poona, thereby incurring the charge of usurpation against his master the Chhatrapati. In the northern affairs he could not compose the differences between the chiefs Holkar and Sindia and allowed them a free hand against the Rajputs, who thus became estranged. He did not take steps to set right the mismanagement created in that sphere by his brother Raghunathrao. For crushing Tulaji Angria, this Peshwa called in the help of the British who soon proved too strong for him. He lost control of affairs towards the end of his career, and died in a demented state deeply mourning the deaths of Vishvasrao and Bhausaheb.