| Name(s) |
MADHAV RAO - II |
| Date of
Birth |
Apr 18, 1774 |
| Date of
Death |
Oct 27, 1795 |
|
Identity |
Peshwa of the
Maratha Empire in India, from his infancy. |
|
Description and Events |
- a.k.a. Sawai Madhavrao Peshwa or Madhav Rao II Narayan.
- He was considered the legal heir of his father
Narayanrao Peshwa (who was murdered in 1773 on the orders of
Raghunathrao), and was installed as Peshwa by the
Treaty of Salbai in 1782.
- Owing to failure to tolerate the highhandedness of Nana
Fadbavis (a prominent minister and statesman of the Maratha
Empire during the Peshwa administration), he committed
suicide at the age of 21 by jumping off from the high walls
of his fort.
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