New History of the Marathas v2.c35.121

v2.c35.121

MADHAVRAO I, Peshwa—457 ; receives robes of Peshwaship 465 ; opposes his uncle 469 ; submits to him 471 ; watches the assemblage of Alegaum 472 ; wins victory over Nizam at Rakshashbhuvan 479 ; asserts his power 481 ; events of his reign 485 ; captures Dharwar 487 and makes a treaty with Haidar Ali 490 ; meets and befriends Nizam Ali 492 ; overcomes Babuji Naik 493 ; 497 ; despatches an expedition to Delhi 509 ; explains his policy to his generals 511 ; offers directions to his generals 515 ; warns his uncle 521 ; punishes Janoji Bhosle 527-529 ; administers a stern rebuke to the Gaikwads 531 ; humbles Haidar Ali in a renewed war 532-534 ; his illness 539-541 ; mischiefmakers overcome 540 and 547 ; his last will 541 ; his death 542, wife becomes sati 543 ; character reviewed 544-546 ; new men trained 546 ; foreign eulogy upon him 548 ; anecdotes enumerated 549-550.