Raghuji III Bhonsle
E444080
Raghuji III Bhonsle was the last Maratha ruler of the Nagpur kingdom, whose death without an heir led to the British annexation of Nagpur under the Doctrine of Lapse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Raghuji III Bhonsle canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2871729 — 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: Raghuji III Bhonsle Context triple: [Bhonsle of Nagpur, notableRuler, Raghuji III Bhonsle]
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A.
Raghoji II Bhonsle
Raghoji II Bhonsle was a Maratha ruler of the Nagpur Bhonsle dynasty in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his role in the Anglo-Maratha conflicts against the British East India Company.
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B.
Raghoji I Bhonsle
Raghoji I Bhonsle was an 18th-century Maratha ruler who established the Bhonsle dynasty’s powerful Nagpur kingdom in central India.
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C.
Mudhoji Bhonsle
Mudhoji Bhonsle was an 18th-century Maratha ruler of the Nagpur kingdom known for consolidating Bhonsle power in central India through strategic diplomacy and military campaigns.
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D.
Madhav Rao II
Madhav Rao II was an 18th-century Maratha statesman who served as Peshwa of the Maratha Empire during a period of political fragmentation and British expansion in India.
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E.
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.
- 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: Raghuji III Bhonsle Target entity description: Raghuji III Bhonsle was the last Maratha ruler of the Nagpur kingdom, whose death without an heir led to the British annexation of Nagpur under the Doctrine of Lapse.
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A.
Raghoji II Bhonsle
Raghoji II Bhonsle was a Maratha ruler of the Nagpur Bhonsle dynasty in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his role in the Anglo-Maratha conflicts against the British East India Company.
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B.
Raghoji I Bhonsle
Raghoji I Bhonsle was an 18th-century Maratha ruler who established the Bhonsle dynasty’s powerful Nagpur kingdom in central India.
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C.
Mudhoji Bhonsle
Mudhoji Bhonsle was an 18th-century Maratha ruler of the Nagpur kingdom known for consolidating Bhonsle power in central India through strategic diplomacy and military campaigns.
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D.
Madhav Rao II
Madhav Rao II was an 18th-century Maratha statesman who served as Peshwa of the Maratha Empire during a period of political fragmentation and British expansion in India.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maratha ruler
ⓘ
human ⓘ last ruler of Nagpur kingdom ⓘ monarch ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British annexation policies in India
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Doctrine of Lapse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Nagpur kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCause | died without an heir ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Maratha ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bhonsle dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maratha Empire nobility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarchOf |
Nagpur State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nagpur kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the last Maratha ruler of Nagpur
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his reign preceding British annexation under the Doctrine of Lapse ⓘ |
| opponent | British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of colonial India
ⓘ
history of the Maratha princely states ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Nagpur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | ruler of Nagpur State ⓘ |
| predecessor | Appa Sahib Bhonsle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForSignificance | his death without a natural heir enabled British annexation of Nagpur ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | Nagpur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
annexation of Nagpur by the British
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application of the Doctrine of Lapse to Nagpur ⓘ |
| successor | British annexation of Nagpur ⓘ |
| territory |
Nagpur State
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nagpur kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
Maharaja of Nagpur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raja of Nagpur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Raghuji III Bhonsle Description of subject: Raghuji III Bhonsle was the last Maratha ruler of the Nagpur kingdom, whose death without an heir led to the British annexation of Nagpur under the Doctrine of Lapse.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.