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-==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>
 ==Rise to power in Nagpur==
 After [[Chand Sultan]]'s death in 1739,<ref name="community"/> there were quarrels over the succession, leading to the throne being usurped by Wali Shah,<ref name="society"/><ref name="hunter"/><ref name="chanda">{{cite book |last1=Thusu |first1=Kidar Nath |title=Gond Kingdom of Chanda: With Particular Reference to Its Political Structure |date=1980 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India, Government of India |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Gond_Kingdom_of_Chanda/CoAtAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=bakht+buland+shah&dq=bakht+buland+shah&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> an illegitimate son of [[Bakht Buland Shah]].<ref name="society"/><ref name="vidarbha">{{cite book |last1=Deogaonkar |first1=Shashishekhar Gopal |title=The Gonds of Vidarbha |date=2007 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-8069-474-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X39c2VODLT0C&pg=PA16 |language=en}}</ref> Chand Sultan's widow queen Ratan Kunwar invoked the aid of the Maratha leader Raghoji Bhonsle of Berar in the interest of her sons Akbar Shah and Burhan Shah. Wali Shah was put to death and the rightful heirs placed on the throne. Raghoji I Bhonsle was sent back to Berar with a plentiful bounty for his aid. The Maratha general judged that Nagpur must be a plentiful and rich country by the magnificence of his reward.<ref>