Baka Bai
Baka Bai | |
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Born | 1774 |
Died | 1858 (aged eighty-four) Raghoji II Bhonsle |
House | Bhonsle (by marriage) |
Religion | Hinduism |
Baka Bai (1774-1858) was a
Life
Nagpur politics
Baka Bai was the fourth and favourite wife of
Parsoji II was blind, lame and paralysed, thus soon after his accession he became totally deranged, and it became necessary to appoint a
By January 1817,
Appa Sahib was defeated at the Battle of Sitabuldi by the British and a treaty was signed on 9 January 1818, reducing Nagpur to tributary status. However, shortly after the treaty was concluded he renewed resistance, raising the local Gonds in rebellion, who burnt Makardhokra, Amgaon, Dighori, and other villages belonging to Baka Bai.[5][9][3]
When
Revolt of 1857
During the
Death
Baka Bai died sometime in September 1858, aged eighty-four. She was remembered for her piousness, especially in the Hindu community of the Central Provinces.[1]
Legacy
Baka Bai is often represented as a traitor, who supported the colonial
Light on her character has also been shed in the book "Nagpur ke Bhonsle" (Bhonsles of Nagpur).[17][18]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Smith, George (1888). Stephen Hislop: Pioneer Missionary & Naturalist in Central India from 1844-1863. J. Murray.
- ^ a b Wills, C.U. The Nagpur State in the 18th century. p. 215. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Russel, R.V. (1908). Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Bhandara. Director of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State.
- ^ Bhatia, O. P. Singh (1968). History of India, from 1707 to 1856. Surjeet Book Depot.
- ^ a b c d e f Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Nagpur. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017.
- ^ a b c Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Chandrapur. Maharashtra, India: Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 1960.
- ^ a b "Chanda under the Bhonsles of Nagpur". Central Provinces District Gazetteers- Chanda. Mumbai: Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra State. 2006.
- ^ Duff, James Grant (1878). History of the Mahrattas. Times of India Office. p. 529.
- ^ a b Report on the administration of the Central Provinces: for the year ... 1892/93 (1894). 1894.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-313-0034-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-5287-6963-1.
- ^ Hunter, William Wilson (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 17. 1908–1931. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
- ^ a b c RĀU, Vakeel of the Maha Ranees of Nagpore HANUMANT (1854). The Spoliation of Nagpore. J. F. Bellamy.
- ^ The Calcutta Weekly Notes. Weekly Notes Office. 1912. p. 1059.
- ^ a b Justice, International Court of (1960). Affaire Du Droit de Passage Sur Territoire Indien (Portugal C. Inde). International Court of Justice.
- ^ a b "Shrimant Raje Bahadur Raghojirao ... vs Shrimant Raje Lakshmanrao Saheb on 18 July, 1912".
- ^ a b "बाकाबाईला खलस्त्री ठरविणे चुकीचे". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi).
- ^ Nagpur Ke Bhosale 1730 Se 1854 - नागपूर के भोसले १७३० से १८५४ - Sahyadri Books , Bhalchandra R. Andhare, Hindi Book On Nagpurkar Bhosale.