HISTORY
MEDIAVAL INDIA
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Tarabai
|
|
|
Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
|
|
|
Peshwa Bajirao
|
|
|
Shahu
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The second founder of the Maratha kingdom was Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath. Balaji Vishwanath assisted a young Maratha Emperor Shahu to consolidate his grip on a kingdom that had been racked by civil war and persistently intruded on by the Mughals under Aurangzeb.
Detailed explanation-2: -Balaji Vishwanath is described as ‘the second founder of Maratha empire’.
Detailed explanation-3: -The founder of the Maratha Empire is Shivaji. He was a Maratha aristocrat of the Bhosale clan who led a spirited resistance against the Mughal Empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -Their combined forces captured most of the Konkan coast, including Balaji’s birthplace of Shrivardhan, which became part of the Angre fiefdom. Delighted with Balaji’s success, Chhatrapati Shahuji appointed Balaji Vishwanath as Peshwa on 16 November 1713.