Person · Maratha commander · India
Sadāshivrāo Bhāu
Also known as Sadashivrao Bhau, Bhau Sahib, Sadashiv Rao
Cousin of the Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao and commander of the army the Marathas sent north in 1760 to hold Delhi against Ahmad Shah Abdali. He took Delhi and Kunjpura, was cut off from his supply lines south of the Yamuna, and was killed at Panipat on 14 January 1761 with much of the Maratha command.
- Date
- 1730–1761
- Function
- Military & resistance
- Confidence
- Not assessed
- Location
- 29.391, 76.963
Worth knowing
His body was never certainly identified, and imposters claiming to be him appeared for decades. The Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao died within months of hearing the news, and Maratha expansion north of the Chambal never resumed on the same scale.
About the place
Placed at Panipat, where he commanded the Maratha army and was killed on 14 January 1761. He was born at Pune.
Connections (1)
- CampaignPanipat
Sadashivrao Bhau took Delhi in July 1760 and Kunjpura in October, then let Abdali cross the Yamuna behind him and sat besieged at Panipat for two months while his supplies ran out. The breakout on 14 January 1761 lost him the battle, his own life, the Peshwa's son and an estimated forty thousand men in a few hours.
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Sources
Wikipedia, “Sadashivrao Bhau”. Kashiraj Pandit, Bhausahebanchi Bakhar and the Panipat despatches in the Selections from the Peshwa Daftar; T.S. Shejwalkar, Panipat 1761 (1946).
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