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History of India: ancient and medieval / Marathas to Panipat and the coming of the Europeans

The early Peshwas to Panipat (1713 to 1761)

Concepts to cover

  1. Balaji Vishwanath: Peshwa office, 1719 agreement with the Sayyid brothers, chauth of the Deccan
  2. Baji Rao I: Malwa, Gujarat, Bundelkhand, raid on Delhi (1737), Bhopal
  3. Balaji Baji Rao (Nana Saheb), Bengal raids, Punjab, third battle of Panipat (1761) against Abdali
Where to study

Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume II (lessons 12 to 19), full text

  • Lesson 15 The Marathas, pp. 65-86 (printed 61-82)
  • Lesson 15 The Marathas, 15.5 Rule of the Peshwas (1713-1818): Balaji Viswanath, pp. 71-72 (printed 67-68)
  • Lesson 15 The Marathas, 15.5 Rule of the Peshwas: Baji Rao I, p. 72 (printed 68)
  • Lesson 15 The Marathas, 15.5 Rule of the Peshwas: Balaji Baji Rao (1740-1761); The Third Battle of Panipat, 1761; Effects of the Battle of Panipat, pp. 72-74 (printed 68-70)

Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 8 Eighteenth-Century Political Formations

  • ch. 8 Eighteenth-Century Political Formations, pp. 1-11 (printed 94-104)
  • ch. 8 Eighteenth-Century Political Formations, Seizing Independence: The Marathas (Peshwas), pp. 8-9 (printed 101-102)
  • ch. 8 Eighteenth-Century Political Formations, Seizing Independence: The Marathas (expansion under the Peshwas), pp. 9-10 (printed 102-103)
  • ch. 8 Eighteenth-Century Political Formations, The Crisis of the Empire and the Later Mughals; Seizing Independence: The Marathas (Abdali and Panipat), pp. 2-10 (printed 95-103)