Ramchandra Pant Amatya

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Shreemant Peshwa Amatya Ramchandra Pant Bavdekar
Bust of Ramchandra Pant Amatya
Amatya of the Maratha Empire
In office 6 June 1674 – 1689
Monarchs	Shivaji I Sambhaji
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Bahiroji Pingale
3rd Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
In office 11 March 1689 – 1708
Monarchs	Sambhaji Rajaram Shivaji II Shahu I
Preceded by	Moreshvar Pingale
Succeeded by	Bahiroji Pingale
Personal details
Born	Ramchandra Neelkanth Bawadekar 1650 Kolwan, Ahmadnagar, Mughal Empire (modern day Pune, Maharashtra, India)
Died	February 1716 Panhala, Maratha Confederacy (modern day Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India)
Spouse	Janakibai

Ramchandra Neelkanth Bawadekar (1650–1716), also known as Ramchandra Pant Amatya, served on the Council of 8 (Ashta Pradhan) as the Finance Minister (Amatya) to Emperor (Chhatrapati) Shivaji, dating from 1674 to 1680.^[1] He then served as the Imperial Regent to four later emperors, namely Sambhaji, Rajaram, Shivaji II and Sambhaji II. He authored the Adnyapatra, a famous code of civil and military administration, and is renowned as one of the greatest civil administrators, political thinkers, diplomats and military strategists of the Maratha Empire.