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{{Short description|Pant Pratinidhi of Aundh from 1777 to 1848}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Parashuramrao Shrinivas I
| image =
| caption =
| succession = [[Raja|Pant Pratinidhi]] of [[Aundh State|Aundh]]
| reign = 30 August 1777 – {{Nowrap|11 June 1848}}<ref name="aundhstate" /><ref name="parashaundh" />
| coronation = 12 September 1777<ref name="parashaundh" />
| predecessor = Bhagwant Rao
| regent =
| successor = Shrinivasrao Parashuram
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1777|08|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Aundh State]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1848|06|11|1777|08|30|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Aundh State]]
| burial_date = 1848
| burial_place =
| spouse = 2
| issue = Shrinivasrao Parashuram (adopted)<ref name="aundhstate" />
| regnal name =
| posthumous name =
| father = Bhagwant Rao
| mother = [[Rani]] of [[Aundh State]]
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| royal house = [[Royal family of Aundh]]
}}

'''Parashuramrao Shrinivas I''' (30 August 1777 – 11 June 1848) was the hereditary ruler of [[Aundh State]] from his birth in 1777 until his death in 1848.{{Sfn|Rothermund|1983|p=9}}<ref name="aundhstate">{{Cite book |last=Rothermund |first=Indira |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVkmAAAAMAAJ |title=The Aundh Experiment: A Gandhian Grass-roots Democracy |date=1983 |publisher=Somaiya |isbn=978-0-8364-1194-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="unusualraja">{{Cite book |last=Pant |first=Apa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xJNAAAAAMAAJ |title=An Unusual Raja: Mahatma Gandhi and the Aundh Experiment |date=1989 |publisher=Sangam Books |isbn=978-0-86131-752-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="parashaundh">{{Cite book |last=Pant |first=Apa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bw4IAQAAIAAJ&q=Parshuram+Shrinivas |title=An Extended Family Or Fellow Pilgrims |date=1990 |publisher=Sangam Books |isbn=978-0-86311-109-9 |language=en}}</ref>

== Life ==
Parashuramrao's father died the day he was born, enthroning him at birth. Parashuramrao (alias Thotepant) created riots with the help of Ramoshis kept by him in his service.{{cn|date=October 2025}}

At only twelve days old, Parshuram Shrinivas (Thote Pant), became a Pratinidhi. His mother thought that he was an inauspicious child, having 'killed' his father, though he was actually born a day after the death. She shunned and neglected him. Even as a child, Thote Pant was strong-willed.<ref name="parashaundh" />

Parashuramrao created tumult in the Peshwa region between the Warana and Neera. In a battle between Bapu Gokhale and Parashuramrao in March 1806, Parashuramrao was seriously injured and taken prisoner by the Peshwas. Parashuramrao Shrinivas, known as a valiant soldier and oppressive ruler, was accused of mismanaging the state.<ref name="aundhstate" />

Later Parashuramrao was released from prison and resumed authority over his state.

After the fall of Peshwa rule, the [[British East India company]] entered separate treaties in 1820 with the [[Jagir|Jagirdars]] who were nominally subordinate to the Raja of [[Satara state|Satara]].<ref name="Kulkarni1995">{{cite book |author=Sumitra Kulkarni |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYOSHaZnBy8C&pg=PR9 |title=The Satara Raj, 1818-1848: A Study in History, Administration, and Culture |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1995 |isbn=978-81-7099-581-4 |page=18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=geopolitical history of aundh state |url=https://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedBData/6473.pdf}}</ref> He adopted the title of Pant in 1846, on which occasion he paid tribute to the Raja of [[Satara State|Satara]] and married two wives, from whom he later separated.

He had no son and therefore, adopted a child of one of his relatives in 1843, who became Shrinivasrao Parshuram (1833–1901). Shrinivasrao Parshuram succeeded him and was considered an erudite and well-loved ruler. He introduced primary and secondary schools in his state, and was himself a Councillor in the Legislative Assembly of Bombay.<ref name="aundhstate" />

Parashuramrao died in 1848 and was succeeded by his adopted son Shrinivasrao Parashuram .<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-08 |title=AUNDH |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/a/aundh.html |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=archive.is |archive-date=2018-08-08 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180808230903/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/a/aundh.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref name="unusualraja" /><ref name="parashaundh" />

== References ==

{{reflist}}
[[Category:1777 births]]
[[Category:1848 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian royalty]]
[[Category:People from the Maratha Empire]]
[[Category:People from Satara district]]

Parashuramrao Shrinivas I - Revision history

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