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Chimaji Appasaheb Peshwa: The Slayer of Portuguese Regime Chapter by Prakash Harischandra 4 MARRIAGE WITH RAKHMABAI Chimaji Appasaheb Peshwa: The Slayer of Portuguese Regime The 11 years-old Chimna Balaji Ballal Bhat was married to Rakhmabai Pethe. She was 4 years younger than him. Both children would play whenever either would visit each other’s houses. At that time, she was not staying with him owing to her tender age. She would only visit her husband during festivities. Then she would stay there for a few days and go back home.  Kashibai would treat young Chimna and Rakhma with lot of love and care. To say, she would play second mother to the couple. When Chimaji Appa became 15 years old, Rakhmabaisaheb hit puberty. She then came to stay with him at Saswad. As a few years passed, the couple got closer. By now, Chimaji Appa had started to accompany his brother Peshwa Bajirao for various mohims. He never failed to write letters to his beloved wife alon

Chapter 4: Gopikabai Peshwa, The Politician "Fair in complexion, facial shape of a cut diamond and look of royalty. But Gopikabai Peshwa, did not treat him like one. Her purpose of getting pregnant and increasing the number of children was more, it seemed, to increase her clout." Madhavrao was little pale, having sort of fragile constitution. He was princely looking though but not as robust as his elder brother Vishwasrao Peshwa when was of his age. He was also a quiet child and obedient with curious honey dew eyes and having his nose inherited in right proportion from his mother and father. Undoubtedly, he had the Bhatt-Deshmukh stamp on his face. Fair in complexion, facial shape of a cut diamond and look of royalty. But Gopikabai, did not treat him like one. Her purpose of getting pregnant and increasing the number of children was more, it seemed, to increase her clout. The Young Shrimant Madhavrao I Peshwa Maybe in her mind, she thought having many children an

There have been such tremendous and desperate attempts to criticise Shrimant Sadashivrao Bhausaheb and Shrimant Vishwasrao for the so-called loss of Panipat that it makes one wonder the veracity of such claims. To this, some people will come up with examples of accounts usually in the school textbooks that describe Panipat-3 in one paragraph. They cite the following reasons for the loss of Marathas. 1. Bhausaheb went ill-prepared 2. He lacked the diplomatic and strategic skills. 3. He took his wife Parvatibai with him, instead of concubines. 4. Shrimant Vishwasrao was some 17 year old lad who knew nothing about "battle". 5. Bhausaheb jumped from his elephant after Vishwasrao fell. 6. This move spread panic and Bhausaheb couldn't control himself . 7. He fought without any strategy and senselessly. 8. He couldn't go back to Pune because Nanasaheb had warned him not to return without his son Vishwasrao. 9. Malharrao Holkar was a old wise man