Moropant Trimbak Pingle
Moropant Trimbak Pingale | |
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Moreshvar Pinglay | |
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| Born | c. 1620 Nimgaon |
| Died | 1683 Raigad Fort, Raigad, Maratha Empire (present-day Maharashtra, India) |
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House | Pingale |
Moropant Trimbak Pingale (1620–1683), was the first Shivaji Maharaj's Ashta Pradhan (Council of Eight Ministers).[1]
Early life
Moropant Trimbak Pingle was born to a Deshastha Brahmin family[2] in 1620 Nimgaon. In 1647, he joined Chhatrapati Shivaji in establishing the Maratha Empire.
Career
He was one of the
Afzalkhān's death at Jāwali. He also participated in the battles at Trimbakeshwar Fort and Wāni-Dindori against the Mughal Empire. He participated in Shivaji's invasion of Surat in 1664. He also participated in the Battle of Salher Moropant surrounded and attacked the 25,000 strong Mughal infantry at Salher with his 20,000 infantry. Prominent maratha sardar and Shivaji's childhood friend Suryaji Kakde was killed by a Zamburak cannon in the battle. Chhatrapati Sambhaji son of Shivaji stayed with Moropant's relatives in Mathura after their escape from Agra.[citation needed
].
Moropant introduced sound revenue administration to Mughal
forces in 1683.
