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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Rao    
First Name(s)  Raghoba Or Raghunath    
Death Year  circa 1772    
Entry  Peshwa, son of Baji Rao I, Peshwa, and father of Baji Rao II (q.v.), the last Peshwa: was Commander of the Mahratta Army and fought with the Afghans near Delhi, but was defeated. On the death of his nephew, Madho Rao, the Peshwa, in 1772, Raghoba was implicated in the murder of Narayan Rao, brother of Mahdo, and became sixth Peshwa at Poona : by a revolution, he lost his capital and applied to Bombay for help. In 1775 the Bombay Government made a treaty at Surat with him, under which he ceded Bassein and Salsette. Intrigues ensued among the Mahratta chiefs for his restoration at Poona, but fell through : eventually Raghoba's claim to be Peshwa was set aside by the treaty of Salbai, and the recognition of Narayan's infant son as Peshwa : and he was pensioned.     
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