Bapu Gokhale was army chief (Senapati) of the
Marathas
The Marathi people ( Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a ...
in the
Third Anglo-Maratha War
The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1819) was the final and decisive conflict between the English East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an invasion of Maratha ter ...
.
Early life
Gokhale was born Narhar Ganesh Gokhale into the
Chitpavan brahmin
Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (gur ...
Gokhale Gokhale is an Indian surname found in the Chitpawan community native to the western state of Maharashtra.
People
* Anupama Gokhale, Indian chess player
* Ashok B. Gokhale, Indian diplomat
* Bapu Gokhale, Maratha general
*Chandrakant Gokhale, Yester ...
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gharana
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'' of Tale Khajan.
Career
Gokhale was appointed commander-in -chief by Peshwa
Baji Rao II
Shrimant Peshwa Baji Rao II (10 January 1775 – 28 January 1851) was the 13th and the last Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. He governed from 1795 to 1818. He was installed as a puppet ruler by the Maratha nobles, whose growing power prompted ...
with the preparations of the
Third Anglo-Maratha War
The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1819) was the final and decisive conflict between the English East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an invasion of Maratha ter ...
against the East India Company in 1818. He died on February 19, 1818 during the battle of Ashti (now in
Mohol
Mohol is a taluka (town) and a municipal council in Solapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Decca ...
taluka, Solapur, Maharashtra) while defending the Peshwa from the company forces. He died with a sword in his hand just as he had wished to have preferred to.
Family and descendants
Gokhale had two wives. The first wife had two children. Their first child died early. Their other son, Gopal was killed during the Battle of Ashti. He did not have any children with his second wife Yamunabai. She went to
Satara after her husband's death.
He was also a great-uncle of Dwarka Gokhale, wife of
Chandrashekhar Agashe.
See also
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Balaji Pant Natu
Balaji Pant Natu was a spy working for the British against the Peshwa Bajirao II during the era of Maratha Confederacy in the Third Anglo-Maratha War. He belonged to the Chitpavan Brahmin community of Maharashtra and came from the powerful Natu fa ...
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Maratha Empire
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern Indian confederation that came to dominate much of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century. Maratha rule formally began in 1674 with the coronation of Sh ...
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Wars involving the Maratha Empire
People of the Maratha Empire
1817 in India
1818 in India
1818 deaths
Year of birth unknown
1777 births