The Latey family is

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family from

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. The family originally bore the surname of Bhagwat, and was established since the 1610s at

Murbad Murbad is a census town within the administrative division (taluka) of Thane district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Murbad city with its neighbouring villages jointly form the Murbad nagar panchayat, which ...

by Naro Narsihna Bhagwat and his wife Lakshmibai. The family came to prominence after the

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on March 11, 1795, when

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Balkrishna Bhagwat, after leading a successful cavalry charge against the forces of the

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, was bestowed several honors by

Peshwa The Peshwa was the second highest office in the Maratha Empire, next in rank and prestige only to that of the Chhatrapati. Initially serving as the appointed prime minister in the Maratha Kingdom, the office became hereditary when Shahu gave t ...

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. His principal honor was the hereditary office of

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Tembhu Tembhu is a small village situated on the eastern bank of the River Krishna, near Karad, in the Satara District of Maharashtra, India. Tembhu is the site of an Rs 9-billion irrigation project, set up in order to provide water to the drought-s ...

, along with the honor of attending court at the

Shaniwar Wada Shaniwar Wada is a historical fortification in the city of Pune, India. Built in 1732, it was the seat of the Peshwas of the Maratha Confederacy until 1818. The fort itself was largely destroyed in 1828 by an unexplained fire, but the surviving ...

in a

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procession. The surname of ''Latey'' was a

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of the

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word ''Latley'' (लॅटले), a

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term meaning "stolen" or "robbed". This term was applied to the family in jape by other

families at the Peshwa's court for having received such honors, eventually being adopted by the family as their legal surname. Industrialist Raosaheb Gogte was a descendant of this family through his mother.

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