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Baji Rao I
Dubere (Sinnar, Nashik), Maratha Empire
Archival Overview
Peshwa (Prime Minister) of the Maratha Empire who never lost a battle across forty-one engagements, renowned for lightning cavalry warfare and expanding Maratha rule to the gates of Delhi.
Biographical Record
Appointed Peshwa by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj at age twenty following his father's death, Baji Rao I (1700–1740) was the supreme military commander of the Maratha Confederacy. He declared: 'Let us strike at the trunk of the withering Mughal tree, and the branches will fall off by themselves.'
Baji Rao moved Maratha light cavalry at staggering speeds of up to 40 miles a day without baggage trains. In 1728, he outmaneuvered Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad at the Battle of Palkhed, starving his forces into unconditional surrender without firing artillery. In 1737, he executed a surprise raid on Delhi.
Key Life Milestones
Battle of Palkhed
Masterpiece of mobile cavalry encirclement, forcing the Nizam of Hyderabad to surrender without frontal assault.
Lightning Raid on Delhi
Marched 500 miles in ten days, bypassing Mughal defenses to appear outside the walls of Delhi.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialRaverkhedi (Madhya Pradesh), India