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Multiple choice history the marathas successors of shivaji successors of shivaji and peshwas marathas after shivaji

Who become the Peshwa after Balaji Baji Rao?

  1. Narayana Rao

  2. Balaji Vishwanath

  3. Madhav Rao

  4. Govind Rao
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Explanation

After Balaji Baji Rao , Madhav Rao become the Peshwa. He was the fourth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. At his time the Maratha Resurrection took place, as the Maratha empire recovered from the losses they suffered during the Third battle of Panipat.

Multiple choice history rise of marathas and peshwas successors of shivaji successors of shivaji and peshwas marathas after shivaji

The first Peshwa was ______.

  1. Balaji Viswanath

  2. Balaji Baji Rao

  3. Baji Rao

  4. <span>None of these</span>
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Peshwa was the Prime Minister in the Maratha Empire. Balaji Viswanath was the first Peshwa. Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath as Peshwa on 16 November 1713. He assisted the Maratha Emperor Shahu to consolidate his grip on a kingdom that was damaged by the attacks of the Mughals.

Multiple choice history rise of marathas and peshwas successors of shivaji successors of shivaji and peshwas marathas after shivaji

The Maratha Kingdom under the Peshwas was

  1. a loose federation

  2. a military State

  3. a confederacy (Mandala or Sangha)

  4. a regency of the Peshwa
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The Maratha administration under the Peshwas functioned as a confederacy (often referred to as a Mandala or Sangha), where various Maratha chiefs held significant autonomy while nominally acknowledging the Peshwa's leadership.

Multiple choice history rise of marathas and peshwas successors of shivaji successors of shivaji and peshwas marathas after shivaji

The Peshwa's Secretariat at Pune (Poona), the pivot of the Maratha government was known as

  1. Huzur Daftar

  2. El Beriz Daftar

  3. Chalte Dafter

  4. Peshwa Dafter
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The Huzur Daftar was the central secretariat and the main record-keeping office of the Peshwa government in Pune, serving as the pivot for administrative and financial operations.

Multiple choice history rise of marathas and peshwas successors of shivaji successors of shivaji and peshwas marathas after shivaji

The second founder of the Maratha Kingdom was

  1. Tarabai

  2. Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath

  3. Peshwa Bajirao

  4. Shahu
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Explanation

Balaji Vishwanath is widely regarded as the second founder of the Maratha Kingdom. He consolidated the empire and established the Peshwa office as the dominant political force after a period of internal instability.

Multiple choice history marathas rule of shivaji shahajiraje and veermata jijabai the foundation of the swaraj successors of shivaji successors of shivaji and peshwas marathas after shivaji

Who established Swaraj in Maharashtra?

  1. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

  2. Shahajiraje

  3. Veermata Jijabai

  4. All of above
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In the first half of the seventeenth century, an epoch making personality emerged in Maharashtra- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He established Swaraj by challenging the unjust ruling powers here.

Multiple choice history marathas rule of shivaji shahajiraje and veermata jijabai the foundation of the swaraj successors of shivaji successors of shivaji and peshwas marathas after shivaji

The chief of village was known as ___________.

  1. Patil

  2. Kulkarni

  3. Mahajan

  4. None of these
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Most of people lived in villages. A village was also called mauja. The chief of the village was the Patil. He used to try to bring maximum land under cultivation. When there was any dispute in the village, the Patil resolved it and made peace.

Multiple choice history marathas rule of shivaji shahajiraje and veermata jijabai the foundation of the swaraj successors of shivaji successors of shivaji and peshwas marathas after shivaji

When was the great famine occured in Maharashtra?

  1. 1610

  2. 1620

  3. 1630

  4. 1640
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A great famine occured in Maharashtra in 1630 CE. People were greatly distressed due to this famine. People were ready to sell themselves for a piece of Bhakri, but there was nobody to buy them.