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Sadashivrao Bhau

Sadashivrao Bhau
Bust portrait of Sadashivrao Bhau c.1760
Amatya of the Maratha Confederacy
In office
1760 – 14 January 1761
MonarchRajaram II
Personal details
Born(1730-08-04)4 August 1730
Pune, Maratha Confederacy
(modern-day Maharashtra, India)
Died14 January 1761(1761-01-14) (aged 30)
Panipat, Maratha Confederacy (modern day Haryana, India)
Spouse(s)Umabai
Parvatibai
RelationsBajirao I(uncle)
Vishwasrao (nephew)
Madhavrao I (nephew)
Narayanrao (nephew)
Balaji Baji Rao (cousin)
Raghunathrao (cousin)
Shamsher Bahadur I (Krishna Rao)(cousin)
Children2
Parent
Military service
Allegiance Maratha Confederacy
Branch/service Maratha Army
Years of service1746 – 1761
RankSenapati (1760 – 1761)
Battles/wars

Sadashivrao Bhau Bhatt (4 August 1730 – 14 January 1761) was son of Chimaji Appa (younger brother of Bajirao I) and Rakhmabai (Pethe family) and the nephew of Baji Rao I. He was a finance minister during the reign of Maratha king Rajaram II. He led the Maratha army at the Third Battle of Panipat.

He served as the Sarsenapati (commander-in-chief) of the Maratha army at the third battle of Panipat (14 January 1761).[9]

  1. ^ Mehta, Jaswant Lal (January 2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813. Sterling Publishers Pvt. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6.
  2. ^ https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32142 pg.291-292
  3. ^ https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32142 pg.325
  4. ^ Mehta, Jaswant Lal (January 2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813. Sterling Publishers Pvt. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6.
  5. ^ https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32142 pg.330
  6. ^ https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32142 pg.333- 334
  7. ^ https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32142 pg.352
  8. ^ https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32142 pg 250- 345
  9. ^ "Third Battle of Panipat (1761)". Government of Haryana, India. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

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