Raghoji II Bhonsle, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Raghoji II Bhonsle was the Maratha ruler of the Kingdom of Nagpur in Central India from 1788 to 1816. Raghoji was adopted as an infant by his uncle Janoji to be his chosen heir. Janoji died in 1772, and his brothers fought for succession, until Mudhoji until shot the other on the battlefield of Panchgaon, six miles south of Nagpur, and succeeded to the regency on behalf of Raghoji. The Nagpur Kingdom reached its greatest extent in the first half of Raghoji's reign. In 1785 Mudhoji added Mandla and the upper Narmada valley to the Nagpur Kingdom through a with the Peshwa, chief ruler of the Maratha Confederacy. Mudhoji had courted the favor of the British, and this policy was continued for some time by Raghoji II, who acquired Hoshangabad and the lower Narmada valley.