Trimbak Rao Dabhade (died 28 April 1731) was a

Senapati Senapati ( , ''sena'' meaning "army", ''Pati (title), pati'' meaning "lord") is a title in ancient India denoting the rank of general (military), General. It was a hereditary title of nobility used in the Maratha Empire. During wartime, a ''Sar ...

Maratha empire The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern India, early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent List of Maratha dynasties and states, Ma ...

during 1729–1731. He was the son of Khande Rao Dabhade and Umabai Dabhade. The

Dabhade Dabhade (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, ̪abʱaːɖe surname signifies Maratha clan, Maratha and Koli people, Koli clans found largely in Maharashtra, India. The Maratha clan, Maratha Dabhades were originally centered on Talegaon Dabhade ( ...

clan had carried out several raids in the rich Mughal province of

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

, collecting '' chauth'' and '' sardeshmukhi'' taxes. After the death of his father Khande Rao in 1729, Trimbak Rao became the ''Senapati''. When the Maratha Chhatrapati

Shahu I Shahu I (Shivaji Sambhaji Raje Bhonsale; ; 18 May 1682 – 15 December 1749) was the fifth Chhatrapati or head of state of the Maratha Empire founded by his grandfather, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Shivaji I. He was born into the House of B ...

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 ...

(prime minister)

Bajirao I 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 ...

tried to take over the tax collection in Gujarat, the Dabhades rebelled against this decision. Trimbak Rao was assisted by

Nizam of Hyderabad Nizam of Hyderabad was the title of the ruler of Hyderabad State ( part of the Indian state of Telangana, and the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka). ''Nizam'' is a shortened form of (; ), and was the title bestowed upon Asaf Jah I wh ...

and other Maratha clans that had traditionally controlled Gujarat ( Gaekwad and Kadam Bande) and also Shahu's Pratinidhi and Samant. On 28 April 1731, after the grueling Battle of Dabhoi, he was killed by a musket shot fired by his maternal uncle Bhausingh Thoke.A History of Gujarat: Mughal period, from 1573 to 1758, p.43

/ref> Even after killing him, Shahu and Bajirao avoided a rivalry with the powerful Dabhade clan: Trimbak's brother Yashwant Rao was made the new Senapati of Shahu. The Dabhade family was allowed to continue collecting ''chauth'' from Gujarat on the condition that they would deposit half the collections in the Satara treasury.

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Full text of "The First Nizam"
1731 deaths Marathi people Year of birth unknown People from Talegaon {{Maratha-stub