Baji Rao I
E105565
Baji Rao I was an 18th-century Maratha general and statesman who served as Peshwa of the Maratha Empire and is renowned for his military campaigns that significantly expanded Maratha power in India.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baji Rao I canonical | 16 |
| Bajirao I | 4 |
| Peshwa Baji Rao I | 3 |
| Baji Rao Ballal | 1 |
| Bajirao Ballal | 1 |
| Peshwa Bajirao I | 1 |
| Peshwin of the Maratha Empire | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T861226 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baji Rao I Context triple: [Marathi people, notableHistoricalFigure, Baji Rao I]
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A.
Baji Rao II
Baji Rao II was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire, whose defeat in the Third Anglo-Maratha War led to the end of Maratha sovereignty and the consolidation of British rule in India.
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B.
Balaji Baji Rao
Balaji Baji Rao was an 18th-century Peshwa of the Maratha Empire who significantly expanded its power and influence across the Indian subcontinent.
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C.
Sambhaji
Sambhaji was the second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire and the eldest son of Shivaji, known for his fierce resistance against the Mughal Empire before his capture and execution.
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D.
Rajaram I
Rajaram I was a Maratha ruler and younger son of Shivaji who led the empire’s resistance against the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb after the death of his brother Sambhaji.
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E.
Yashwantrao Holkar
Yashwantrao Holkar was a prominent early 19th-century Maratha military leader and ruler of Indore, known for his resistance against British expansion in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baji Rao I Target entity description: Baji Rao I was an 18th-century Maratha general and statesman who served as Peshwa of the Maratha Empire and is renowned for his military campaigns that significantly expanded Maratha power in India.
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A.
Baji Rao II
Baji Rao II was the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire, whose defeat in the Third Anglo-Maratha War led to the end of Maratha sovereignty and the consolidation of British rule in India.
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B.
Balaji Baji Rao
Balaji Baji Rao was an 18th-century Peshwa of the Maratha Empire who significantly expanded its power and influence across the Indian subcontinent.
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C.
Sambhaji
Sambhaji was the second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire and the eldest son of Shivaji, known for his fierce resistance against the Mughal Empire before his capture and execution.
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D.
Rajaram I
Rajaram I was a Maratha ruler and younger son of Shivaji who led the empire’s resistance against the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb after the death of his brother Sambhaji.
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E.
Yashwantrao Holkar
Yashwantrao Holkar was a prominent early 19th-century Maratha military leader and ruler of Indore, known for his resistance against British expansion in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maratha general
ⓘ
Peshwa ⓘ historical figure ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| allegiance | Maratha Empire ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Chhatrasal of Bundelkhand ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Baji Rao I
ⓘ
surface form:
Bajirao Ballal
Baji Rao I ⓘ
surface form:
Bajirao I
|
| appointedBy | Shahu I ⓘ |
| battle |
Battle of Bhopal
ⓘ
Battle of Delhi (1737) ⓘ Battle of Palkhed ⓘ campaigns in Bundelkhand ⓘ campaigns in Malwa ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Dhar
ⓘ
surface form:
Dhar, Malwa
|
| birthYear | 1700 ⓘ |
| child |
Balaji Baji Rao
ⓘ
Janardhan Rao ⓘ Raghunath Rao ⓘ |
| country | Maratha Empire ⓘ |
| deathCause | sudden illness ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Raverkhedi, Narmada River ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1740 ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Maratha ⓘ |
| father | Balaji Vishwanath ⓘ |
| fullName |
Baji Rao I
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Baji Rao Ballal
|
| house | Bhat family ⓘ |
| influence | decline of Mughal authority in India ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expansion of Maratha power in India
ⓘ
northern campaigns against the Mughals ⓘ rapid cavalry-based warfare ⓘ |
| language |
Marathi language
ⓘ
surface form:
Marathi
|
| memorial | samadhi at Raverkhedi ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Commander-in-chief of Maratha forces ⓘ |
| mother | Radhabai Barve ⓘ |
| office |
Peshwa
ⓘ
surface form:
Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
|
| reignEnd | 1740 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1720 ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Chhatrapati Shahu I ⓘ |
| spouse |
Kashibai
ⓘ
Mastani Darwaza ⓘ
surface form:
Mastani
|
| styleOfWarfare | mobile cavalry warfare ⓘ |
| successor | Balaji Baji Rao ⓘ |
| territorialExpansion |
Bundelkhand
ⓘ
surface form:
Bundelkhand region
Gujarat ⓘ
surface form:
Gujarat region
Malwa ⓘ
surface form:
Malwa region
parts of Central India ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Baji Rao I Description of subject: Baji Rao I was an 18th-century Maratha general and statesman who served as Peshwa of the Maratha Empire and is renowned for his military campaigns that significantly expanded Maratha power in India.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Peshwa Baji Rao I
this entity surface form:
Peshwa Baji Rao I
this entity surface form:
Peshwa Bajirao I
this entity surface form:
Baji Rao Ballal
this entity surface form:
Bajirao I
this entity surface form:
Bajirao Ballal
this entity surface form:
Peshwa Baji Rao I
this entity surface form:
Bajirao I
this entity surface form:
Peshwin of the Maratha Empire
this entity surface form:
Bajirao I