Chitra Katha

Peshwa Bajirao IThe Unbeaten General

In February 1728 at Palkhed he outmarched the Nizam’s army, cut it off from water and supplies and forced the Nizam to terms without a pitched battle.

18 Aug 1700 – 28 Apr 1740; Peshwa from 1720

The full life

1Made Peshwa by Chhatrapati Shahu on 17 April 1720.Chhatrapati Shahu · Peshwa Bajirao I

2Beat Nizam-ul-Mulk at Palkhed, February 1728.Peshwa Bajirao I · Nizam-ul-Mulk

3Laid the foundation of Shaniwar Wada in Pune in 1730.Peshwa Bajirao I · The people

4Reached the outskirts of Delhi in March 1737.Peshwa Bajirao I · The Mughal army

5Died at Raverkhedi on the Narmada on 28 April 1740.Peshwa Bajirao I

Sources for these facts

Peshwa Daftar records (Selections, ed. G. S. Sardesai)
A History of the Mahrattas (James Grant Duff, 1826)
A History of Warfare (B. L. Montgomery, 1968)

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