New History of the Marathas v2.c35.64

v2.c35.64

BALAJI BAJIRAO alias Nanasaheb Peshwa—his first expedition to the north 146., married 178 ; early life 190 ; effects a secret pact with Sambhaji of Kolhapur 192 ; his mastery in finance 193 ; proceeds north and meets Sawai Jaisinh 195 ; his meeting with Nizam 197 ; secures Malwa 198 ; encroaches upon Raghuji Bhosle's sphere 216 ; defeats Raghuji and befriends him 219 ; consolidates Bundelkhand 229 ; secures good graces of Queen Sagunabai 231 ; adjusts Rajput disputes 237 ; social effects of the Peshwa's contact with north India 240-246 ; his letter to Nana Purandare 241 ; imports dancing girls 242 ; nature of prevalent education 244 ; establishes phad 244 and 459 ; deprived of office 265 ; holds a grand conference at Poona 290 reconciles Tarabai 296 ; his objectives and weaknesses 300 ; proceeds into Karnatak 305 ; holds an assemblage at Nizamkonda 308 ; back at Satara 308 ; overcomes Damaji and effects a pact with him 310-312 ; conducts war with the Nizam 322-325 ; surprised at Kukdi 323 and obtains treaty of Bhalki 325, renovates the shrine of Trimbakeshver 325 ; organizes the gardi artillery 326 ; Karnatak nawabs 251 and 331 ; captures Savanur 327-329 ; makes further conquests in Karnatak 331-332 ; defeats Nizam Ali at Sindkhed 334 and at Udgir 336, decides Nagpur succession 342 ; sends a threat to the English 349-350, his naval policy 350 ; his entanglements in Delhi 357 ; his objectives in the north 363 and 404 ; 375 ; learns of Dattaji's fall 415 ; holds the Pattur Conference 416, takes a second wife and moves to Malwa 436 and 449, learns of the Panipat disaster 450 ; antecedent and remote causes of that event discussed 451 ; significance of the disaster 454 ; its political consequences 456 ; dies broken-hearted 457 ; character reviewed 458-461.