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{{ | {{Short description|First Peshwa of the Maratha Empire}} | ||
{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| name = Moropant Trimbak | | name = Moropant Trimbak Pingle | ||
| native_name = | | native_name = | ||
| office | | office = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|33x30px]] 1st [[Peshwa]] of the [[Maratha Empire]] | ||
|blank1=[[Royal House|House]] | |blank1=[[Royal House|House]] | ||
|data1=Pingle | |data1=Pingle | ||
| image = | | image = Peshwa Moropant Pingle. jpg.png | ||
| term | | caption = Old age depiction of First peshwa of Maratha Empire | ||
| monarch = [[Shivaji]], [[Sambhaji]] | | term = 1674–1683 | ||
|predecessor | | monarch = [[Shivaji]], [[Sambhaji]] | ||
|successor | |predecessor = ''Position established'' | ||
|successor = [[Moreshvar Pinglay]] | |||
| spouse = | | spouse = | ||
| children | | children = {{plainlist| | ||
*[[Moreshvar Pinglay|Nilakanth Moreshvar Pingale]] (son) | *[[Moreshvar Pinglay|Nilakanth Moreshvar Pingale]] (son) | ||
*[[Bahiroji Pingale]] (son)}} | *[[Bahiroji Pingale]] (son)}} | ||
| family | | family = Pingle | ||
| titles = | | titles = | ||
| father =Trimbak Pingle | | father = Trimbak Pingle | ||
| mother = | | mother = | ||
| birth_date | | birth_date = {{circa|1620}} | ||
| birth_place = Nimgaon | | birth_place = Nimgaon | ||
| death_date | | death_date = 1683 | ||
| death_place = [[Raigad Fort|Raigad Fort, Raigad]], [[Maratha Empire]] (present-day Maharashtra, India) | | death_place = [[Raigad Fort|Raigad Fort, Raigad]], [[Maratha Empire]] (present-day [[Maharashtra]], India) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Moropant Trimbak Pingle''' | '''Moropant Trimbak Pingle''' (1620–1683), was the ''[[peshwa]]'' of the [[Maratha Empire]], serving on [[Shivaji Maharaj]]'s [[Ashta Pradhan]] (Council of Eight Ministers).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=deHZAUDHzYwC&q=Sindhudurg#v=onepage&q=%22review%20in%20short%20the%20organisation%22&f=false Shivaji, the great Maratha, Volume 2], H. S. Sardesai, Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd, 2002, {{ISBN|81-7755-286-4}}, {{ISBN|978-81-7755-286-7}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Moropant Trimbak Pingle was born to a [[Deshastha Brahmin]] family<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iF8MAAAAIAAJ Shivaji and the Maratha Art of War By Murlidhar Balkrishna Deopujari , Page 254]</ref> in 1620 Nimgaon. In 1647, he joined Chhatrapati [[Shivaji]] in establishing the [[Maratha Empire]]. | |||
Moropant introduced sound revenue administration to [[Shivaji]]'s regime, and played an important role in resource planning concerning defenses and maintenance of strategic forts. He was also responsible for the construction and administration of [[Pratapgad]]. At Shivaji's death, Moropant Pinglay was working as a supervisor of fort development activities in [[Nashik]] District for the Salher-Mulher forts. | ==Career== | ||
He was one of the [[warrior]]s who participated in the successful [[Battle of Pratapgarh|1659 battle]] of Shivaji Maharaj's forces against the forces of [[Bijapur Sultanate|Bijapur]]'s [[Ali Adil Shah II|Adil Shah]] which immediately followed Adil Shah's general [[Afzalkhan|Afzalkhān]]'s death at Jāwali. He also participated in the battles at Trimbakeshwar Fort and Wāni-[[Dindori, Madhya Pradesh|Dindori]] against the [[Mughal Empire]]. He participated in Shivaji's invasion of [[Surat]] in 1664. He also participated in the [[Battle of Salher]] Moropant surrounded and attacked the 25,000 strong Mughal infantry at Salher with his 20,000 infantry. Prominent maratha sardar and Shivaji's childhood friend Suryaji Kakde was killed by a Zamburak cannon in the battle. Chhatrapati Sambhaji son of Shivaji stayed with Moropant's relatives in Mathura after their escape from [[Agra]].{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}. | |||
Under Shivaji's successor, [[Sambhaji]], he also participated in the battle of [[Burhanpur]] in 1681. | Moropant introduced sound revenue administration to [[Shivaji]]'s regime, and played an important role in resource planning concerning defenses and maintenance of strategic forts. He was also responsible for the construction and administration of [[Pratapgad]]. At Chhatrapati Shivaji's death, Moropant Pinglay was working as a supervisor of fort development activities in [[Nashik]] District for the Salher-Mulher forts.{{cn|date=February 2022}} Under Shivaji Maharaj's successor, [[Chhatrapati Sambhaji]], he also participated in the battle of [[Burhanpur]] in 1681. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||