Ranoji Bhoite (Shrimant Ranojirao Bhoite) was a

Maratha The Marathi people (; Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-A ...

chieftain of the

Bhoite Bhoite is a surname found amongst the Maratha caste, mainly in the state of Maharashtra in India but it also appears in Indian states bordering Maharashtra. Titles The Bhoites alienated to the number of social honours given to them by the admin ...

clan who lived in the 18th century. The Commander in Chief of the

army from satara He was a contemporary of

Ranoji Shinde Ranoji Scindia or Ranoji Shinde was a Maratha army commander and the founder of the Shinde clan, who served the Peshwas of the Maratha Empire in several military campaigns. The Scindia dynasty rose to prominence in the 18th century and went on ...

, Dattaji Shinde, and others. Bhoite was an active Commander in Maratha's North India Campaign. Some Maratha leaders survived after the Panipat battle and created their own kingdoms, but Bhoite did not. He served under King Shahu in the Satara Kingdom.

Battles

* Sardar Ranojirao Bhoite was faithful of

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 ...

Bajirao Bajirao I (né Visaji, ; 18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740) was the 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. He was appointed Peshwa at the age of nineteen by Shahu I, following the death of his father, Balaji Vishwanath. He is credited with establis ...

I as he had taken active and important part in the Battles of Maratha Empire including Malwa (December 1723), Dhar-1724, Aurangabad-1724,

Battle of Palkhed The Battle of Palkhed was fought on 28 February 1728 at the village of Palkhed, near the city of vaijapur, in what is now Maharashtra, India, between the Maratha Empire and the Hyderabad State wherein the Marathas defeated the Nizam of Hyderab ...

(February 1728), Ahmedabad-1731, Udaipur-1736, Firozabad-1737, Delhi-1737, Bhopal-1738, Battle of Vasai (May 17, 1739). *Sardar Ranoji Bhoite and Sardar Kaloji Bhosale were on Mulukhgiri in Varhad(Middle Maharashtra) with their troops and resisted Nizams. * Sardar Ranojirao Bhoite was leader of 5000 Maratha Army in the year of 1728 * Sardar Ranojirao Bhoite defeated Traitor Maratha Sardar Udaji Chavan with the help of Sardar Pilajirao Jadhav and Ambaji Pant in the Battle of Pusesavali.Subhedar Sardar Pilaji Jadhavrao By Dr.Suvarnalata Amarsingh Jadhavrao. *In the Decade of 1750,Ranojirao Bhoite along with Sabaji Shinde-Patil led 6000 Marathas to Combat against Ramsing and Bakhtasing ( Rajput Leaders ) in the battle of Ajmer. * On 16 October 1755, Bhoite led 6000 Maratha troops to victory against the 25,000 strong

Rajput Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

forces. * The Battle of Fort ''Dhekala'', where the Maratha Cavalry captured the fort from the regional Rajput leader honoured as Raja of Shivpur(vessal of Rana of Udaipur), after overcoming the ruler the marathas received Rs. 20 Lakhs and ownership of fort with Ranojis descendants as Raja. * He was renowned and popular among Marathas with name Bhoite Sarnoubat.

Descendants

Bhoite's descendants live in the regions captured by Bhoite's campaigns. Many served in the military as well.

References

Sources

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Jadunath Sarkar Sir Jadunath Sarkar, (10 December 1870 – 19 May 1958) was a prominent Indian historian and a specialist on the Mughal dynasty. Sarkar was educated in English literature and worked as a teacher for some time but later shifted his focus to h ...

: A History of Jaipur 1503-1938'', Page 247, By Raghubir Sinh, Contributor Raghubir Sinh, Edition: reprint. Published by Orient Blackswan, 1994. , (416 pages) *''The Decade of Panipat, 1751-61'', Page 26,34, & 36, By Ian Raeside, Nana Phadnis, Antaji Nankeshvar. Published by Popular Prakashan, 1984 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized 8 Aug 2007 , 9780861321124 (175 pages) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhoite, Ranoji Warriors from the Maratha Empire 18th-century Indian people People from Maharashtra 1690s births 1760s deaths