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Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed	2011-01-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Raghoji Bhonsla II
	Titles	Raja of Berar
	Year of Birth	?
	Year of Death	1816
	Entry	Raja of Nagpur, or Berar : succeeded his father, Madhoji Bhonsla, as Raja in 1788, took part in the victory of the Mahrattas over Nizam Ali of Hyderabad at Kurdla in March, 1795. After the treaty of Bassein (Dec. 1802), he joined in the Mahratta war against the British, and was beaten at Assaye on Sep. 23, 1803, and again at Argaum on Nov. 28, 1803 : he had then to cede Cuttack and Berar to the English, so that only Nagpur remained to him : his demand for their restoration was refused : he died in 1816.

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