Sadashivrao Bhau Peshwa was son of Chimaji Appa and Rakhmabai and the nephew of Baji Rao I He was a finance minister during the reign of Maratha emperor Chhatrapati Rajaram II.
30 Facts About Sadashivrao Bhau
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Sadashivrao Bhau led the Maratha army at the Third Battle of Panipat.
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Sadashivrao Bhau was the son of Peshwa Baji Rao's brother Chimaji Appa.
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Sadashivrao Bhau's father died when he was ten years old.
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Sadashivrao Bhau was cared by his grandmother Radhabai and his aunt Kashibai.
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Sadashivrao Bhau joined Mahadoba Purandare and Sakharam Bapu as his political advisers.
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Sadashivrao Bhau conquered from the Nawab of Savanur and subsequently annexed the cities of Kittur, Parasgad, Gokak, Yadwad, Bagalkot, Badami, Navalgund, Umbal, Giri, Torgal, Haliyal, Harihar and Basavapatna.
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Mahadjipant Purandare resigned and Sadashivrao Bhau became the Diwan of Peshwa.
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Sadashivrao Bhau successfully led the Battle of Udgir which weakened the Nizam of Hyderabad.
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Therefore, Sadashivrao Bhau was called back from Udgir to Partur where the Council of war was held.
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Sadashivrao Bhau chose Sadashivrao to lead the Maratha army to Delhi.
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Unlike Malharrao Holkar and Raghunathrao, both of whom had deep knowledge of northern India, Sadashivrao Bhau was unfamiliar with the personages and politics of the region.
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Sadashivrao Bhau did not seek co-operation of the Jat and Rajput kings while planning for the war with Abdali but rather planned to punish them later to try to subjugate them.
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Sadashivrao Bhau did not heed the sound advice of Maharaja Suraj Mal, who held power around Delhi and Agra, to leave the civilians at Agra and take only soldiers to the battlefield though there was a severe shortage of food and other supplies.
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The Sadashivrao Bhau failed to forge an alliance with the Jats though they held sway on the food supplies around Delhi.
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Sadashivrao Bhau decided to arrest Maharaja Surajmal but Holkar and Scindia, who had given their word of honour to Suraj Mal while persuading him to come to the Sadashivrao Bhau's camp, tipped off Suraj Mal at night and he left just after midnight.
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Sadashivrao Bhau sent his men after him in the morning but Raja Suraj Mal and his men had reached the safety of Ballabhgarh fort by then and Sadashivrao Bhau's men returned empty-handed.
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Sadashivrao Bhau spurned the offer from the Sikhs for alliance though his commanders tried to persuade him.
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However, Sadashivrao Bhau found only a little supplies in Delhi for his forces.
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The supplies from the region immediately around west and south of Delhi had dried up as Sadashivrao Bhau had antagonised the regional rulers.
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However, the supplies that Sadashivrao Bhau got at Kunjpura lasted only a few weeks as there was a large number of non-combatants in his camp.
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The resulting casualties and refugees fleeing to the Maratha camp caused overcrowding, supply shortages and shook the morale of Sadashivrao Bhau's army, forcing him to turn his attention to safely transporting the civilians to Pune.
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Sadashivrao Bhau departed the battlefield to visit the corpse and plunged into the Afghan army, Vishwas rao's death had a devastating effect on the morale of his troops.
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Sadashivrao Bhau counter-attacked but ultimately the army was defeated and any remaining civilians were massacred.
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Sadashivrao Bhau enlisted the services of Ibrahim Khan Gardi, who brought with him 2,500 trained soldiers and fifteen cannons.
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Sadashivrao Bhau employed European mercenaries who used to be in the employ of Tulaji Angre before his defeat.
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Sadashivrao Bhau gave birth to two sons who died as soon.
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Sadashivrao Bhau accompanied Sadashivrao Bhau during the Battle of Panipat.
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Sadashivrao Bhau is supposed to have died in the battle of Panipat.
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Sadashivrao Bhau was revealed as a fraud and is known as 'totayaa' which means an impostor.