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{{Short description|King of Nagpur from 1739–1755}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox monarch
|image=File:Raghuji Bhonsle.jpg
|name =Raghoji I Bhonsle
| title          = '''Sena Sahib Subah'''
|caption = Raghoji I Bhonsle
| succession = [[File:Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg|border|33x30px]] [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] ruler of [[Nagpur kingdom|Nagpur]]
|religion = [[Hinduism]]
|full name =
|coronation =
|birth_date = 1695
|birth_place =
|death_date = 14 February 1755 (aged 60)
|death_place =
|reign = 
|predecessor = ''Position established''
|successor =[[Janoji Bhonsle]]
|house = [[Bhonsles of Nagpur]]
|spouse =
|father =
|mother =
|issue =[[Janoji Bhonsle]]<br>[[Madhoji Bhonsle]]<br>[[Bimbaji Bhonsle]]<br>Sabaji Bhonsle
}}
'''Raghoji Bhonsle or Raghoji I Bhonsale or Raghuji the Great''' (1695 &ndash; February 1755) of the [[Bhonsale]] dynasty, was a [[Maratha]] general who took control of the [[Nagpur Kingdom]] in east-central [[India]] during the reign of [[Shahu I]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/776978/forgotten-indian-history-the-brutal-maratha-invasions-of-bengal|title=Forgotten Indian history: The brutal Maratha invasions of Bengal}}</ref> His successors ruled the kingdom until 1853.
==Origin==
==Origin==
The [[Bhonsale]] family were originally headmen from Deor or Deur under the forts Chandan Vandan (presently in Koregaon Taluka, District Satara and was under Deshmukhi rights of [[Bhoite]] Clan), a village in [[Satara District]]. Raghoji's grandfather and his two brothers had fought in the armies of [[Shivaji Maharaj]], and to the most distinguished of them was entrusted a high military command and the collection of ''chauth'' (tribute) in [[Berar Province|Berar]].<ref name="generals">{{cite book |title=Maratha Generals and Personalities: A gist of great personalities of Marathas |date=1 August 2014 |publisher=Pratik gupta |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Maratha_Generals_and_Personalities/vqYiBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=raghoji+i+bhonsle&pg=PA80&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
The [[Bhonsale]] family were originally headmen from Deor or Deur under the forts Chandan Vandan (presently in Koregaon Taluka, District Satara and was under Deshmukhi rights of [[Bhoite]] Clan), a village in [[Satara District]]. Raghoji's grandfather and his two brothers had fought in the armies of [[Shivaji Maharaj]], and to the most distinguished of them was entrusted a high military command and the collection of ''chauth'' (tribute) in [[Berar Province|Berar]].<ref name="generals">{{cite book |title=Maratha Generals and Personalities: A gist of great personalities of Marathas |date=1 August 2014 |publisher=Pratik gupta |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Maratha_Generals_and_Personalities/vqYiBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=raghoji+i+bhonsle&pg=PA80&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>
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