Nagpur kingdom

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Kingdom of Nagpur
1739–1853
Flag of Nagpur
Flag
Maratha Confederacy (1729–1818)
Protectorate of the East India Company (1818–1853)
CapitalNagpur
Common languages
Government
Raghoji III
History 
• Founded by
Raghoji III
1853
Area
217,560 km2 (84,000 sq mi)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Gonds of Deogarh
Marathas of Saugor
Kingdom of Chanda
Haihaiyavanshi Kingdom
Nagpur Province
Today part ofMaharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand (India)

The Kingdom of Nagpur was an Indian kingdom within the Maratha Confederacy in the 18th and 19th centuries. It came under the rule of the Marathas of the Bhonsle dynasty in the mid-18th century. The city of Nagpur was the capital of the state.

After the

British India in 1853 becoming Nagpur Province
.

History

Gond kingdom

The

Bhonsles took over the control of the kingdom.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

After

Raghoji I Bhonsle was sent back to Berar with a plentiful bounty for his aid. The Maratha general judged that Nagpur must be a plentiful and rich country by the magnificence of his reward.[14][11][8]

However, dissensions continued between the brothers and once again, the elder brother Burhan Shah requested the aid of

Maratha Bhonsle kingdom

Raghoji I Bhonsle (1739–1755)

An inside view of Nagardhan Fort in Nagpur district, commissioned by Raghoji I.

Bold and decisive in action, Raghoji was the archetype of a Maratha leader; he saw in the troubles of other states an opening for his own ambition, and did not even require a pretext for plunder and invasion. Twice his armies invaded Bengal, and he obtained the cession of Cuttack. Chanda, Chhattisgarh, and Sambalpur were added to his dominions between 1745 and 1755, the year of his death.

Janoji, Madhoji I, and Raghoji II Bhonsle (1755–1816)

Maratha Confederacy

His successor

Janoji Bhonsle took part in the wars between the Peshwa and the Nizam of Hyderabad
. After he had in turn betrayed both of them, they united against him and sacked and burnt Nagpur in 1765.

On Janoji's death on 21 May 1772, his brothers fought for the succession, until

British East India Company, and this policy was continued for some time by Raghoji II, who acquired Hoshangabad and the lower Narmada valley. But in 1803 he united with Daulat Rao Sindhia of Gwalior against the British. The two leaders were decisively defeated at the battles of Assaye and Argaon, and by the Treaty of Deogaon of that year Raghoji ceded Cuttack, southern Berar, and Sambalpur
to the British, although Sambalpur was not relinquished until 1806.

Until the close of the 18th century the Maratha administration had been on the whole good, and the country had prospered. The first four of the Bhonsles were military chiefs with the habits of rough soldiers, connected by blood and by constant familiar interaction with all their principal officers. Up to 1792 their territories were seldom the theater of hostilities, and the area of cultivation and revenue continued to increase under a fairly equitable and extremely simple system of government. After the treaty of Deogaon, however, all this changed. Raghoji II was deprived of a third of his territories, and he attempted to make up the loss of revenue from the remainder. The villages were mercilessly rack-rented, and many new taxes imposed. The pay of the troops was in arrears, and they maintained themselves by plundering the cultivators. At the same time the raids of the Pindaris commenced, who became so bold that in 1811 they advanced to Nagpur and burnt the suburbs. It was at this time that most of the numerous village forts were built; on the approach of these marauders the peasantry retired to the forts and fought for bare life, all they possessed outside the walls being already lost to them.

Mudhoji II Bhonsle (1817–1818)

On the death of Raghoji II in 1816, his son Parsoji was supplanted by

Punjab and finally took asylum in the court of Man Singh
of Jodhpur. Man Singh gave him refuge against the wishes of British.

Raghoji III Bhonsle (1818–1853)

A grandchild of Raghoji II was then placed on the throne, and the territories were administered by the resident from 1818 to 1830, in which year the young ruler known as Raghoji III was allowed to assume the actual government. He died without a male heir in 1853, and the kingdom was annexed by the British under the doctrine of lapse.

Aftermath

The former kingdom was administered as

Raghoji II, used all her influence in support of the British, and by her example kept the Maratha districts loyal.[19]

Rulers of Nagpur kingdom

  • Raghoji I
    (1739 – 14 Feb 1755)
  • Janoji (1755 – 21 May 1772)
  • Mudhoji
    (1772 – 19 May 1788)
  • Raghoji II
    (1788 – 22 Mar 1816)
  • Parsoji (1816 – 2 Feb 1817) (b. 1778 – d. 1817)
  • Mudhoji II
    "Appa Sahib" (1817 – 15 Mar 1818) (b. 1796 – d. 1840)
  • Raghuji III
    (1818 – 11 Dec 1853) (b. 1808 – d. 1853)
Senior Bhonsle palace

Family tree

Family tree of Maratha Rajas and later Maharajas of Nagpur
Raghoji I
the Great

(1)
r. 1739-1755
Mudhoji I

(3)
r. 1772-1788
Raghoji II

(4)
r. 1788-1816
Vyankoji
Parsoji
(5)
r. 1816-1817
Banubai
Mudhoji II
Appa Sahib

(6)
r. 1817-1818
Raghoji III

(7)
r. 1818-1853

Army

Though Marathas constituted 30% of the total army, Rajputs were the main task force in the expansion of Maratha Empire in Gondwana and Northern region. Apart of that, the Bhonsles raised two infantry brigades with modern military training, however without guidance of European officers.

Bargi mercenaries led by the general Bhaskar Pandit
into Bengal caused so much destruction that lullabies were composed in which mothers would use the fear of a Maratha raid to get their children to go to sleep. These poems are popular amongst Bengalis even today, one traditional song translated is as follows-

When the children fall asleep, silence sets in, the Bargis come to our lands Bulbuls have eaten the grains, how shall I pay the nawab's tax demands. [23][24][25]

Artillery

Mahadaji Shinde, a distinguished Maratha general from the Shinde royal clan, focused his attention on European artillery and secured the services of the noted Frenchman Benoît de Boigne who had received training from the best of the European military schools. Following suit, the Bhosales and other Maratha chiefs also raised French-trained artillery battalions.[26]

See also

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