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Succession as Peshwa

India · House / Maratha Empire. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1740–1772Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1740

Balaji Baji Rao1740

Pune · House / Maratha Empire

Balaji Baji Rao succeeds his father Baji Rao I as Peshwa and oversees a period of extensive Maratha expansion.

1761

Madhavrao I1761

Pune · House / Maratha Empire

Madhavrao I becomes Peshwa while still a teenager and begins restoring Maratha authority after the defeat at Panipat.

1772

Narayanrao1772

Pune · House / Maratha Empire

Narayanrao succeeds his brother Madhavrao I as Peshwa while still a teenager, amid intense factional competition in Pune.

Names involved

Balaji Baji RaoMadhavrao INarayanrao

Provenance

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