Its ruler Baji Ray opposed him
but was defeated and he killed himself before his capture by the Muslims.
Balaji Baji Rao(nicknamed"Nanasaheb"), was born in 1721
and was later appointed Peshwa by Shahu in 1740 after Bajirao's death.
Baji Mohammed is one of India's last living freedom fighters-
just one of four or five nationally recognised ones still alive in Odisha's Koraput region.
Baji Mohammed is one of India's last living freedom fighters-
just one of four or five nationally recognised ones still alive in Orissa's Koraput region.
The last Peshwa, Baji Rao II, was defeated by the British
East India Company in the Battle of Khadki which was a part of Third Anglo-Maratha War(1817- 1818).
The last Peshwa, Baji Rao II, remained on the run in central
India until he surrendered to the East India Company troops in Mhow, near Indore, on 3 June 1818.
The British intervened in a revenue-sharing dispute between the Peshwa and Gaekwad, and on 13 June 1817,
the Company forced Peshwa Baji Rao II to sign an agreement renouncing
claims on Gaekwad's revenues and ceding large swaths of territory to the British.