Peshwa faction

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The Peshwa faction was the ruling Maratha leadership group based in Pune that played a central role in Maratha politics and warfare in western India during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maratha leadership group
political faction
ruling elite
activeInPeriod early 19th century
late 18th century
basedIn Shaniwar Wada
country Maratha Empire
ethnicGroup Maratha
exercisedAuthorityOver Maratha confederacy chiefs
territories in western India
governanceStyle court-centered administration at Pune
governedFrom Pune
hasCapital Pune
ideology Hindu kingship concepts
Maratha sovereignty
inConflictWith British East India Company
Hyder Ali
Kingdom of Mysore
surface form: Mysore Kingdom

Nizam of Hyderabad
Tipu Sultan
involvedIn Anglo-Maratha Wars
Maratha–Mysore Wars
languageUsed Marathi
ledByTitle Peshwa
locatedIn Maharashtra
Pune
western India
lostPowerAfter Third Anglo-Maratha War
lostPowerTo British East India Company
partOf Maratha Empire
playedCentralRoleIn Maratha politics
Maratha warfare
politicalSystem hereditary prime ministership
powerBase Maratha sardars
Pune nobility
revenue rights (chauth and sardeshmukhi)
precededBy Chhatrapati-centered court at Satara
regionOfInfluence western India
religion Hinduism
role administrative leadership
military leadership
ruling Maratha leadership group
sphereOfInfluence Deccan Plateau
Konkan
surface form: Konkan region
usedMilitaryFor territorial expansion
tribute collection

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Second Anglo-Maratha War combatant Peshwa faction
Battle of Kirkee belligerent Peshwa faction
this entity surface form: Peshwa faction of the Marathas
First Anglo-Maratha War belligerent Peshwa faction
this entity surface form: Peshwa faction of Raghunath Rao