{"id":45991,"date":"2025-05-01T15:24:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=45991"},"modified":"2025-05-13T15:34:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T10:04:57","slug":"raghuji-bhosale-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/raghuji-bhosale-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Raghuji Bhosale I"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Raghuji Bhosale I Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Maharashtra government recently reclaimed the iconic sword of legendary Maratha warrior Raghuji Bhosale I.<\/p>\n<h2>About Raghuji Bhosale I<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Raghuji Bhosale I (1695\u2013February 14, 1755) was the<strong>\u00a0founder of the Bhosale family of Nagpur\u00a0<\/strong>and an\u00a0<strong>important commander in the Maratha army during<\/strong>\u00a0the reign of\u00a0<strong>Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj\u00a0<\/strong>had\u00a0<strong>bestowed the title of &#8216;Senasahibsubha&#8217; on Raghujiraje\u00a0<\/strong>for his bravery and war strategy.<\/li>\n<li>Raghujiraje Bhosale I\u00a0<strong>led military campaigns against<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>Nawab of Bengal in 1745\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>1755\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0expanded the Maratha empire to Bengal and Odisha.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Along with this, he\u00a0<strong>established his dominance over<\/strong>\u00a0the regions of\u00a0<strong>Chanda, Chhattisgarh, and Sambalpur<\/strong>\u00a0during his reign.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>He also\u00a0<strong>defeated the Nawabs of Cuddapah and Kurnool<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0established his military and political dominance in South India.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Raghujiraje Bhosale is also considered the\u00a0<strong>most courageous Maratha warrior of the 18th century.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Who were Nagpur Bhonsles?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Like the Peshwe, Holkar, Gaikwad, and Scindia families, the Nagpur Bhonsle family also played a\u00a0<strong>significant role in expanding the Maratha Empire.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Nagpur branch of the Bhonsle dynasty was<strong>\u00a0founded by Raghoji Bhonsle I\u00a0<\/strong>in the early 18th century.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>He expanded Maratha influence in central and eastern India, including parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Odisha.<\/li>\n<li>The family was\u00a0<strong>one of the royal or Kshatriya clans of the Marathas,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>considered\u00a0<\/strong>itself as the\u00a0<strong>descendant of Udaipur\u2019s Sisodia Rajputs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Bhonsles of Nagpur were<strong>\u00a0known as Hinganikar\u00a0<\/strong>as one of their ancestors \u2014 who was probably a contemporary of Maloji, the grandfather of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj \u2014 rehabilitated the village Beradi near Hingani in the present district of Pune.<\/li>\n<li>The Nagpur Bhosales<strong>\u00a0ruled over a mineral-rich region<\/strong>\u00a0abundant in iron and copper, which were skillfully used to craft both everyday items and formidable weapons.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The quality and artistry of the<strong>\u00a0weaponry crafted by the Bhosales<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0<strong>renowned for their exceptional craftsmanship.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/mumbai\/maharashtra-govt-reclaims-sword-of-maratha-warrior-raghuji-bhosale-at-auction-in-london-9973281\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raghuji Bhosale I was an important commander in the Maratha army during the reign of Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":45992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,231,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-45991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-raghuji-bhosale-i","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}