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| name          = Khanderao Dabhade
| name          = Khanderao Dabhade
| succession    = ''Sardar Senapati'' of the Maratha Empire,<br>''Sarsenapati'' of Satara,<br>''Sardar'' of Talegaon Dabhade
| title = [[Senapati]]
| image          = Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg
| succession    = {{flagicon|Maratha Empire}} 10th [[Senapati]] of the [[Maratha Empire]]
| reign          = 11 January 1717 – 27 September 1729
| image          =
| spouse        = Udabai, Parvatibai and Sarsenapati Umabai Dabhade
| reign          = 11 January 1717 – 27 September 1729  
| issue          = [[Trimbak Rao Dabhade]], Shahbai, Durgabai, Yashwantrao Ist, Anandibai, Sawai Baburao Ist
| predecessor = [[Dhanaji Jadhav|Chandrasen Jadhav]]
| house          = Talegaon Dabhade
| successor = [[Trimbak Rao Dabhade|Trimbak Rao]]
| father        = Yesajirao Dabhade
| spouse        = Udabai <br> Parvatibai <br> Umabai
| mother        = Valahibai Dabhade
| issue          = [[Trimbak Rao Dabhade|Trimbak Rao]] <br> Yashwantrao <br> Sawai Baburao <br> Durgabai <br> Anandibai <br> Shahbai
| birth_date  = est. 1665
| house          = Dabhade
| birth_place = Talegaon Dabhade<br>(Pune District, Maharashtra)
| father        = Yesaji
| death_date  = Sept 27th, 1729
| mother        = Valahibai
| death_place = Juna Rajwada, Talegaon Dabhade<br>(Pune District, Maharashtra)  
| birth_date  = {{circa|1665}}
| religion = [[Hindu]]
| birth_place = [[Talegaon Dabhade]], [[Maratha Kingdom]]<br>(present-day [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]])
| death_date  = 27 September 1729
| death_place = [[Talegaon Dabhade]], [[Maratha Empire]]<br>(present-day [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India)  
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
}}
}}


'''Khanderao Dabhade''' (Marathi: खंडेराव दाभाडे) is the founding patriarch of the ''Sarsenapati'' [[Dabhade]] family of [[Talegaon Dabhade]]. He was the eldest of the two sons of [[Yesaji Dabhade]] (Bodyguard of the Maratha King, [[Shivaji]]) and the grandson of Bajaji Dabhade. He was conferred the hereditary title of ''[[Sardar]] [[Senapati]]'' (or ''Sarsenapati'', [[Commander-in-chief]], [[Duke]]) by [[Shahuji]], the grandson of Shivaji on 11 January 1717.<ref>{{cite web|author=Henry Soszynski |url=http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/t/talegaon.html |title=Talegaon Dabhade |publisher=Uqconnect.net |accessdate=2011-08-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516085519/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/t/talegaon.html |archivedate=16 May 2011 }}</ref>
'''Khanderao Dabhade,''' also known as '''Khandoji Dabhade''' ({{circa|1665}} – 27 September 1729) was a [[Marathi people|Maratha]] general who served as the [[Senapati]] (commander-in-chief) of the [[Maratha Empire]] under [[Shahu I|Chhatrapati Shahu I]]. He is known for his military achievements<ref>{{Cite book |last=Acharya |first=A. K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Afu1AAAAIAAJ&q=Khanderao+Dabhade+appointed |title=Maratha-Rajput Relations from 1720 to 1795 A.D. |date=1978 |publisher=Acharya |pages=146, 151, 164, 165 |language=en}}</ref> and is especially credited with leading the Maratha expansion in the [[Gujarat Subah|Gujarat]] by defeating the [[Mughals]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mehta |first=Jaswant Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC&dq=Khanderao+Dabhade&pg=PA101 |title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813 |date=2005 |publisher=New Dawn Press, Incorporated |pages=101 |isbn=978-1-932705-54-6 |language=en}}</ref> In 1718, he led the Maratha forces dispatched to [[Delhi]] at the request of the [[Sayyid Brothers]] to depose [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Farrukhsiyar]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chhabra |first=G. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkDi6rVbckoC&dq=Khanderao+Dabhade+Balaji+Santaji&pg=PA18 |title=Advanced Study in the History of Modern India: 1707-1813
]
|date=2005 |publisher=Lotus Press |pages=18 |isbn=978-81-89093-06-8 |language=en}}</ref>


==Life==
== References ==
 
'''Notes'''
Khanderao Dabhade was an accomplished ''Sardar'' of the [[Maratha Empire]].  Most notably, from 1705–1716, ''Sardar'' Khanderao Dabhade led the [[Maratha Empire]] forces in [[Baroda]]. After his return to [[Satara (city)|Satara]], he was made ''[[Senapati]]'' on 11 January 1717.
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'''Citations'''
Khanderao Dabhade died at Juna Rajwada in [[Talegaon Dabhade]] near [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]] on 27 September 1729. His widow, ''Sarsenapati'' [[Umabai Dabhade]], was the first and only woman to become Commander-in-Chief of the Maratha forces in 1732.
 
Khanderao Dabhade built the [[Induri Fort]] also famous as the 'Sarsenapati Dabhade Gadhi' at Induri in 1720–21.
The Samadhi of ''Sarsenapati'' Khanderao Dabhade is situated at the Shrimant Sarsenapati Dabhade Baneshwar Mandir in Talegaon Dabhade.
 
Induri Fort is also famous as the 'Sarsenapati Dabhade Gaadi' (seat of power) at Induri in 1720–21. The Samadhi of ''Sarsenapati'' Khanderao Dabhade is situated at the Shrimant Sarsenapati Dabhade Baneshwar Mandir in Talegaon Dabhade. The current Srimant is Abhishek Mande Bhot, who ascended upon the 'Gaadi' in 1990 upon turning 15.
 
The photo of the original wall painting of Sarsenapati Khanderao Dabhade from the walls of the Old Rajwada at Talegaon Dabhade.
 
==Legacy==
 
The Deccan College in [[Pune]], the third oldest educational institution in [[India]], was founded by the Dakshina Fund bequeathed by ''Sarsenapati'' Khanderao Dabhade. In 1821, the Dakshina Fund was named the [[Hindoo College]] by [[Mountstuart Elphinstone|Mountstuart Elephistone]], the [[Governor]] of [[Bombay Presidency]]. In 1864, the College was renamed as Deccan College as it serves the whole [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] region of [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Deccan College|url=http://www.deccancollegepune.ac.in/|url-status=live|access-date=May 22, 2021|website=www.deccancollegepune.ac.in}}</ref>
 
==References==
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'''Bibliography'''
*{{cite book|author=Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal|title=Senapati Dabhade Daftar}}
*{{cite book|author=Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal |title=Senapati Dabhade Daftar |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.mgs-cis.senapatidabhadedaphatarbhag1/mode/2up }}
*{{cite book|title=Limca Book of Records 2011}}
*{{cite book|title=Limca Book of Records 2011}}


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Khanderao Dabhade
Senapati
Maratha Empire 10th Senapati of the Maratha Empire
Reign11 January 1717 – 27 September 1729
PredecessorChandrasen Jadhav
SuccessorTrimbak Rao
Bornc. 1665
Talegaon Dabhade, Maratha Kingdom
(present-day Pune, Maharashtra, India)
Died27 September 1729
Talegaon Dabhade, Maratha Empire
(present-day Pune, Maharashtra, India)
SpouseUdabai
Parvatibai
Umabai
IssueTrimbak Rao
Yashwantrao
Sawai Baburao
Durgabai
Anandibai
Shahbai
HouseDabhade
FatherYesaji
MotherValahibai
ReligionHinduism

Khanderao Dabhade, also known as Khandoji Dabhade (c. 1665 – 27 September 1729) was a Maratha general who served as the Senapati (commander-in-chief) of the Maratha Empire under Chhatrapati Shahu I. He is known for his military achievements[1] and is especially credited with leading the Maratha expansion in the Gujarat by defeating the Mughals.[2] In 1718, he led the Maratha forces dispatched to Delhi at the request of the Sayyid Brothers to depose Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar.[3]

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Citations

  1. Acharya, A. K. (1978). Maratha-Rajput Relations from 1720 to 1795 A.D. Acharya. pp. 146, 151, 164, 165.
  2. Mehta, Jaswant Lal (2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813. New Dawn Press, Incorporated. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6.
  3. Chhabra, G. S. (2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India: 1707-1813. Lotus Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-81-89093-06-8.

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