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{{Infobox monarch
| name = Mudhoji Bhosale II
| title = [[Maharaja]] of [[Nagpur]]
| image = Mudhoji Bhosale II Appasaheb.jpg
| caption = Mudhoji Bhosale II 'Appasaheb'
| reign = 1816 - 1818
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| death_date = 15 July 1840
| death_place = [[Jodhpur]]
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| royal house = [[Bhonsle of Nagpur]]
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'''Mudhoji (Madhoji) II Bhonsale''' (died 15 July 1840), also known as '''Appa Sahib''', of the [[Bhonsale]] dynasty, ruled the [[Kingdom of Nagpur]] in central [[India]] from 1816 to 1818. His reign coincided with the [[Third Anglo-Maratha War]] between the [[Maratha Empire]] and the [[British East India Company]], which ended with the defeat of the [[Marathas]].

On the death of [[Raghoji II Bhonsle|Raghoji II Bhonsale]] in 1816, his son Parsaji was soon supplanted and murdered by Mudhoji II. A treaty of alliance providing for the maintenance of a subsidiary force by the British was signed in this year,<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honorourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=82}}</ref> a British resident having been appointed to the Nagpur court since 1799. In 1817, on the outbreak of war between the British and the [[Peshwa]], Appa Sahib threw off his cloak of friendship, and accepted an embassy and title from the Peshwa. His troops attacked the British, and were defeated in the action at [[Sitabuldi Fort|Sitabaldi]], and a second time round Nagpur city. As a result of these battles, the remaining portion of [[Berar Province|Berar]] and the territories in the [[Narmada River|Narmada]] valley were ceded to the British. Appa Sahib was reinstated to the throne, but shortly afterwards was discovered to be again conspiring, and was deposed and forwarded to [[Allahabad]] in custody, while the British placed his successor [[Raghuji Bhonsle III|Raghoji III Bhonsale]], a minor, on the Nagpur throne. On the way, however, he bribed his guards and escaped, first to the [[Mahadeo Hills]] and subsequently to the [[Punjab region|Punjab]]. Raja Mansingh of Jodhpur gave him asylum at Man Mandir in [[Jodhpur]] against the wishes of British. When British sent forces against Man Singh, he stood surety for Appa Saheb. Appa Saheb remained in Jodhpur, where he died on 15 July 1840 at 44 years while in exile.

==References==
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* Hunter, William Wilson, Sir, et al. (1908). ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 17. 1908-1931; Clarendon Press, Oxford.

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[[Category:People of the Maratha Empire]]
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[[Category:Maharajas of Nagpur]]
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Mudhoji II Bhonsle - Revision history

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