7/23/2019 Bajirao I Part 7

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• His appointment as the Peshwa at a young age had evoked jealousy from senior officials like

Naro Ram Mantri, Anand Ram Somant and Shripat Rao Pratinidhi

• Niam!ul!Mulk Asaf "ah #, the Mughal viceroy of $eccan, had practically created his own

independent kingdom in the region, and challenged the Maratha rights to collect ta%es in $eccan

• &he Marathas needed to assert their rights over the no'les of the newly!gained territories

in Malwa and (ujarat

• Several areas that were nominally part of the Maratha territory, were not actually under

Peshwa)s control* +or e%ample, the Siddis controlled the "anjira fort