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	'''Balaji Pant Natu''' was a spy working for the [[United Kingdom\|British]] against the [[Peshwa]] [[Bajirao II]] during the era of [[Maratha Confederacy]] in the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]].{{sfn\|Naravane\|2006\|p=80}} He ~~belonged to the [[Chitpavan Brahmin]] community of [[Maharashtra]] and~~ came from the powerful Natu family of Pune.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=27-28}} When the British forces entered [[Shanivar Wada]] on November 17, 1817, Natu unfurled the Union Jack over the building.{{sfn\|Naravane\|2006\|p=82}} Before he became an agent for the British governor of Bombay, [[Montstuart Elphinstone]], he served the Raste family.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=28}}		'''Balaji Pant Natu''' was a spy working for the [[United Kingdom\|British]] against the [[Peshwa]] [[Bajirao II]] during the era of [[Maratha Confederacy]] in the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]].{{sfn\|Naravane\|2006\|p=80}} He came from the powerful Natu family of Pune.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=27-28}} When the British forces entered [[Shanivar Wada]] on November 18, 1817, Natu unfurled the Union Jack over the building.{{sfn\|Naravane\|2006\|p=82}} Before he became an agent for the British governor of Bombay, [[Montstuart Elphinstone]], he served the Raste family.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=28}}

	Along with the installation of [[Bhonsle\|Pratapsinh Bhonsale]] as the symbolic ''Chatrapati'' by the British, Balaji Pant Natu was selected to be his assistant. However, there was always hostility between Chitpavan Natu and the [[Maratha]] raja due to tensions based on caste lines.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=27-29}} The hostility became worse and turned into an open quarrel when Natu was asked by his employer, the British Resident James Grant (later known as [[James Grant Duff]]),{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=31}} to rein in Pratapsinh on his personal spending.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=29}} By 1819 Grant had been monitoring Natu for abuse of power.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=29}} However Natu complained to Grant that the raja claimed that Grant had told him about Natu being involved in bribery.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=29}} Due to this, Natu no longer wanted to work under the raja and instead offered his services to Grant himself.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=29}} Grant offered Natu a new position but Natu did not accept it because he thought it amounted to simply being a ''karkun'' or clerk.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=29}} According to Grant's reports the departure of Natu was a very joyful event for the chatrapati and his mother.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=29}}		Along with the installation of [[Bhonsle\|Pratapsinh Bhonsale]] as the symbolic ''Chatrapati'' by the British, Balaji Pant Natu was selected to be his assistant. However, there was always hostility between Chitpavan Natu and the [[Maratha]] raja due to tensions based on caste lines.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=27-29}} The hostility became worse and turned into an open quarrel when Natu was asked by his employer, the British Resident James Grant (later known as [[James Grant Duff]]),{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=31}} to rein in Pratapsinh on his personal spending.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=29}} By 1819 Grant had been monitoring Natu for abuse of power.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=29}} However Natu complained to Grant that the raja claimed that Grant had told him about Natu being involved in bribery.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=29}} Due to this, Natu no longer wanted to work under the raja and instead offered his services to Grant himself.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=29}} Grant offered Natu a new position but Natu did not accept it because he thought it amounted to simply being a ''karkun'' or clerk.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=29}} According to Grant's reports the departure of Natu was a very joyful event for the chatrapati and his mother.{{sfn\|O'Hanlon\|2002\|p=29}}
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	==References==		==References==
	* {{citation\|pages=78–105\|title=Battles of the honourable East India Company: making of the Raj\|isbn=978-81-313-0034-3\|publisher=APH Publishing\|year=2006\|first=M.S\|last=Naravane\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&~~printsec=frontcover&dq~~=9788131300343~~&hl=en&ei=Uph6TP-VOYq-sAOf8pTtCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false~~}}		* {{citation\|pages=78–105\|title=Battles of the honourable East India Company: making of the Raj\|isbn=978-81-313-0034-3\|publisher=APH Publishing\|year=2006\|first=M.S\|last=Naravane\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&q=9788131300343}}
	* {{citation\| title=Caste, Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Low Caste Protest in Nineteenth-Century Western India\|last=O'Hanlon\|first=Rosalind\|isbn=978-0-521-52308-0\|series=Cambridge South Asian Studies\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kMrsTj1NeYC\|year=2002\|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}		* {{citation\| title=Caste, Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Low Caste Protest in Nineteenth-Century Western India\|last=O'Hanlon\|first=Rosalind\|isbn=978-0-521-52308-0\|series=Cambridge South Asian Studies\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kMrsTj1NeYC\|year=2002\|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}

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{{short description|Indian Nationalist}}
'''Balaji Pant Natu''' was a spy working for the [[United Kingdom|British]] against the [[Peshwa]] [[Bajirao II]] during the era of [[Maratha Confederacy]] in the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]].{{sfn|Naravane|2006|p=80}} He belonged to the [[Chitpavan Brahmin]] community of [[Maharashtra]] and came from the powerful Natu family of Pune.{{sfn|O'Hanlon|2002|p=27-28}} When the British forces entered [[Shanivar Wada]] on November 17, 1817, Natu unfurled the Union Jack over the building.{{sfn|Naravane|2006|p=82}} Before he became an agent for the British governor of Bombay, [[Montstuart Elphinstone]], he served the Raste family.{{sfn|O'Hanlon|2002|p=28}}

Along with the installation of [[Bhonsle|Pratapsinh Bhonsale]] as the symbolic ''Chatrapati'' by the British, Balaji Pant Natu was selected to be his assistant. However, there was always hostility between Chitpavan Natu and the [[Maratha]] raja due to tensions based on caste lines.{{sfn|O'Hanlon|2002|p=27-29}} The hostility became worse and turned into an open quarrel when Natu was asked by his employer, the British Resident James Grant (later known as [[James Grant Duff]]),{{sfn|O'Hanlon|2002|p=31}} to rein in Pratapsinh on his personal spending.{{sfn|O'Hanlon|2002|p=29}} By 1819 Grant had been monitoring Natu for abuse of power.{{sfn|O'Hanlon|2002|p=29}} However Natu complained to Grant that the raja claimed that Grant had told him about Natu being involved in bribery.{{sfn|O'Hanlon|2002|p=29}} Due to this, Natu no longer wanted to work under the raja and instead offered his services to Grant himself.{{sfn|O'Hanlon|2002|p=29}} Grant offered Natu a new position but Natu did not accept it because he thought it amounted to simply being a ''karkun'' or clerk.{{sfn|O'Hanlon|2002|p=29}} According to Grant's reports the departure of Natu was a very joyful event for the chatrapati and his mother.{{sfn|O'Hanlon|2002|p=29}}

==See also==

*[[Bapu Gokhale]]
*[[Maratha Empire]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
* {{citation|pages=78–105|title=Battles of the honourable East India Company: making of the Raj|isbn=978-81-313-0034-3|publisher=APH Publishing|year=2006|first=M.S|last=Naravane|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=9788131300343&hl=en&ei=Uph6TP-VOYq-sAOf8pTtCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
* {{citation| title=Caste, Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Low Caste Protest in Nineteenth-Century Western India|last=O'Hanlon|first=Rosalind|isbn=978-0-521-52308-0|series=Cambridge South Asian Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kMrsTj1NeYC|year=2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}

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NydiaSilverman2 at 05:47, 17 January 2026

->Sabretooth: /* See also */ Removed irrelevant link to Shivaji