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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Rao    
First Name(s)  Baji    
Birth Year  1775    
Death Year  1852    
Entry  The last Peshwa, son of Raghunath Rao : was invested as Peshwa in 1795, Nana Farnavis being his Minister, against and with whom and Daulat Rao Sindia he treacherously intrigued : in Oct. 1802, he was defeated at Poona by Jaswant Rao Holkar : fled to Bassein, where, on Dec. 31, 1802, he made a treaty with the British, thereby becoming a feudatory : though thus restored to power at Poona, he intrigued against the British and connived at the murder of Gangadhur Sastri,the Minister of the Gaekwar of Baroda : disregarded the Bassein treaty and the treaty of Poona of June, 1817 : deceived Sir John Malcolm : burnt the Residency at Poona,and, on Nov. 5, 1817, was defeated at the battle of Kirki : he fled from Poona : he was again defeated at Korygaum and Ashti, and surrendered to Malcolm in June, 1818 : was allowed to live at Bithur, near Cawnpur, on a pension of 8 lakhs a year : he died Dec. 1852 : the Nana Sahib (q.v.) was his adopted son.     
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