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Bālājī Viśvanāth
Marāṭhā peshwa
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history of India
- In India: Rise of the peshwas
…figure of this line is Balaji Vishvanath, who had aided Shahu in his rise to power. Vishvanath and his successor, Baji Rao I (peshwa between 1720 and 1740), managed to bureaucratize the Maratha state to a far greater extent than had been the case under the early Bhonsles. On the…
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