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Shrimant [[Sardar]] '''Vithoji Rao Holkar'''{{cn|date=June 2020}} (1776 – 16 April 1801), was the fourth son of [[Sardar]] [[Tukoji Rao Holkar]]. He also known as '''[[Vithoba]]'''.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Vithoji was a part of the [[Holkar]] clan in the service of the [[Maratha Empire]]. When his elder brother Malhar Rao II Holkar was killed by the [[Scindia]] in September 1797, Vithoji escaped from [[Poona]] to [[Kolhapur]] .{{cn|date=June 2020}}<br />
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To acquire more resources, [[Yashwantrao Holkar|Yashwant Rao Holkar]] started freebooting campaign towards the north, whereas Vithoji started a campaign of plunder and rapine towards the south. He plundered the [[Peshwa]]'s territories. [[Baji Rao II]] sent [[Balaji Kunjir]] and [[Bapu Gokhale]] to arrest Vithoji. In April 1801, Vithoji was arrested and taken to [[Pune]].{{cn|date=June 2020}}<br />
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On the advice of Balaji Kunjar, Vithoji was sentenced to death by being trampled under the feet of an [[elephant]]. His sentence was carried out on orders of the Peshwa Baji Rao II, at Poona on 16 April 1801. This caused animosity between Baji Rao II and Yashwant Rao.{{cn|date=June 2020}} He was survived by [[Hari Rao Holkar]] who became ruler in 1834.<br />
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