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The descendants of Fatehsinh later went on to establish the Bhonsle dynasty in Akkalkot state.Īfter getting Parvatibai married to Sadashivrao Bhau, the valiant son of Chimaji Appa Peshwa and fixing Radhikabai's marriage with Vishwasrao Peshwa, he died in December 1749. Upon his adoption Fatehsinh received the town of Akkalkot and surrounding areas. Fatehsinh became the first raja of Akalkot around the year 1708. Shahu also adopted Ranoji Lokhande, later known as Fatehsinh I Raje Sahib Bhonsle, the son of Meherban Sayaji Lokhende, the patil of Parud. After Shahu's death the powers were indirectly shifted to the Peshwa Balaji Bajirao. Rajaram II had been brought to him by Shahu's paternal aunt, Tarabai, who initially claimed that the young man was her grandson and a descendant of Shivaji, but later disowned him as an imposter. He also adopted two sons, Fatehsinh I and Rajaram II of Satara (who succeeded him as the Raja of Satara). Even though her father was alive, he did her kanyadan. He, later, got her married to Shrimant Sadashivrao Bhau when she was 15 years-old. He gave her training in warfare and administration. She was the daughter of a mamledar of Pen, Raigad. Shahu adopted Parvatibai when she was 3 years old. Shahu had four wives who gave him two born-to sons and four born-to daughters. Over the next fifty years, Balaji followed by his son, Bajirao I and grandson Balaji Bajirao with help of capable military leaders such as Shinde, Holkar, Gaekwad, Pawar and Bhonsle of Nagpur expanded Maratha power in all directions of the Indian subcontinent. Įarly in his reign, Shahu appointed Balaji Vishwanath as his Peshwa. At that time he fought a brief war with his aunt Tarabai in an internecine conflict to gain the Maratha throne in 1708. After the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, leading Mughal courtiers released Shahu with a force of fifty men, thinking that a friendly Maratha leader would be a useful ally.