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| name = Pilaji Rao Gaekwad | | name = Pilaji Rao Gaekwad | ||
| title = '''Sena Khas Khel''' | | title = '''Sena Khas Khel''' | ||
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| succession = 1st [[Baroda state|Maharaja of Baroda]] | | succession = 1st [[Baroda state|Maharaja of Baroda]] | ||
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== Early life == | == Early life == | ||
Pilaji was the eldest son of Jhingojirao Kerojirao Gaekwad. He was adopted by his uncle Damaji I Gaekwad (died 1721), who had been given the hereditary title of ''Shamsher Bahadur'' by [[Chhattrapati Shahu]] for bravery in a battle.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150766 |title=The Golden Book of India |author=[[Roper Lethbridge]] |publisher=Macmillan |year=1893 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150766/page/n80 57] }}</ref><ref name="playne">{{cite book |last1=Bond |first1=J. W. |last2=Wright |first2=Arnold |last3=Playne |first3=Somerset |last4=Solomon |first4=R. V. |author2-link=Arnold Wright |author3-link=Somerset Playne |title=Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey |date=1922 |publisher=Asian Educational Services (Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co.) |location=London |isbn=9788120619654 |oclc=836381195 |pages=9,10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47sfj8DUwNgC&pg=PA9 |access-date=30 May 2021 |language=en |chapter=The State of Baroda}}</ref> | |||
Pilaji was the eldest son of Jhingojirao Kerojirao Gaekwad. He was adopted by his uncle Damaji I Gaekwad (died 1721), who had been given the hereditary title of ''Shamsher Bahadur'' by [[Chhattrapati Shahu]] for bravery in a battle.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150766 |title=The Golden Book of India |author=[[Roper Lethbridge]] |publisher=Macmillan |year=1893 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150766/page/n80 57] }}</ref> | |||
== In Dabhade service == | == In Dabhade service == | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/b/baroda.html Genealogy of princely states of Baroda] at ''[[Queensland University]]'' | * [http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/b/baroda.html Genealogy of princely states of Baroda] at ''[[Queensland University]]''{{dead link|date=May 2021}} | ||
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Revision as of 05:48, 5 June 2021
| Pilaji Rao Gaekwad | |
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| Sena Khas Khel | |
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| 1st Maharaja of Baroda | |
| Reign | 1721 - 1732 |
| Predecessor | Office Established |
| Successor | Damaji Rao Gaekwad |
| Died | 1732 Dakor, Gujarat |
| Issue | Damaji Rao II |
| House | Gaekwad |
| Father | Pilaji Rao Gaekwad (parental) Damaji I Gaekwad (adopted) |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Pilajirao Gaekwad (died 14 May 1732) was a Maratha general. He is considered to be the founder of the Gaekwad dynasty of the Maratha Empire, who became Maharaja of Baroda.[1]
Early life
Pilaji was the eldest son of Jhingojirao Kerojirao Gaekwad. He was adopted by his uncle Damaji I Gaekwad (died 1721), who had been given the hereditary title of Shamsher Bahadur by Chhattrapati Shahu for bravery in a battle.[2][3]
In Dabhade service
The Gaekwads were originally lieutenants of the Dabhade family, the Maratha chiefs of Gujarat and holders of the senapati (commander-in-chief) title. Pilaji was a mutalik (deputy) of Trimbak Rao Dabhade. When Trimbak Rao was killed for rebelling against the Maratha Peshwa in 1731, his minor son Yashwant Rao Dabhade was appointed as the senapati. The Peshwa allowed the Dabhades to retain their territories in Gujarat, on the condition that they would remit half of their revenues to the Maratha Chhatrapati's treasury. Pilaji continued to serve Yashwant Rao, and was granted the title Sena Khas Khel by the Peshwa in addition to Shamsher Bahadur.[4] Since Yashwant Rao was a minor, Pilaji was responsible for collecting the revenues from Gujarat.
Legacy
Pilaji was assassinated on 14 May 1732 in Dakor by emissaries of Abhai Singh, the Mughal governor of Gujarat.[4] He was cremated in Savli village, which lies on the Baroda-Dakor road. He was succeeded by his son Damaji Rao Gaekwad (also known as Damaji II). Damaji fought against Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao when the Dabhades rebelled against the Peshwa. He was defeated and arrested, but later, the Peshwa appointed him as the Marath chief of Gujarat, replacing the Dabhades.[5] Pilaji's descendants thus ruled Gujarat in form of the Gaekwad dynasty.
References
- ↑ "Baroda State: History". Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 7. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1908. p. 31.
- ↑ Roper Lethbridge (1893). The Golden Book of India. Macmillan. pp. 57.
- ↑ Bond, J. W.; Wright, Arnold; Playne, Somerset; Solomon, R. V. (1922). "The State of Baroda". Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey. London: Asian Educational Services (Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co.). pp. 9, 10. ISBN 9788120619654. OCLC 836381195. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 James M. Campbell, ed. (1885). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume 19 - Satara. Bombay: Government Central Press. pp. 274–276.
- ↑ A History of the Maratha People Volume 3. Oxford University Press. 1918. pp. 2–10.
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