Question

Write about them in your own word.

Bajirao I

Answer 1

1. Bajirao I was a courageous and great general who established the Maratha supremacy in the North and also won status for the Martha power as a formidable power in the entire India.
2. He was the son of Balaji Vishwanath and was appointed as the Peshwa by Shahu Maharaj in 1720 CE after the death of Balaji.
3. Bajirao expanded the Maratha Empire during his 20-year term.
4. When the Mughal Subhedar of Deccan, Nizam – ul – Mulk, went against the Maratha’s rights to recover Chauthai – Sardeshmukhi from the Mughal areas and captured some part of the Pune Pargana, Bajirao decided to counter him. He defeated the Nizam at Palkhed near Aurangabad and got back the rights to collecting the revenue.
5. He strengthened the Maratha power in Malwa and Bundelkhand by helping King Chhatrasal against Bangush.
6. While on his march on Delhi in 1737 CE, he defeated the Nizam at Bhopal and secured the sanad of Malwa subhedari for the Marathas.
7. He sent Malharrao Holkar, Ranoji Shinde, and Udaji Pawar, under the leadership of his brother Chimajiappa, to conquer the Vasai and Thane territories from the Portuguese. 
8. Bajirao I died at Raverkhedi on the banks of the Narmada in April 1740, while he was on his way to defend the Mughals from the invasion by Nadirshah, the Emperor of Iran.