Bapu Gokhale

Bapu Gokhale
Born Year 1777
Died February 19, 1818
Ashti, India
Allegiance Maratha Empire
Years of service Unknown - 1818
Rank General
Battles/wars Third Anglo-Maratha War

Bapu Gokhale was a general working for the Marathas in the Third Anglo-Maratha War.[1]

Early life

Gokhale was from Tale Khajan. His original name was Narhar Ganesh Gokhale.[2]

Career

Gokhale was entrusted by Peshwa Baji Rao II with the preparations of the Third Anglo-Maratha War against the British in 1818.[1] He died on February 19, 1818 during the battle of Ashti while defending the Peshwa from the British. He fought bravely and died with a sword in his hand just as he had wished he would have preferred to.[3]

Personal Details

Gokhale had 2 wives. The first wife had 2 children. The first expired early. The other one Gopal was killed during the battle of Ashti. The second wife Yamunabai went to Satara after the death of Bapu Gokhale. They had no issue.

His great niece Dwarka Gokhale, married industrialist Chandrashekhar Agashe in 1914.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Duff 1921, pp. 468–469.
  2. ↑ बापू गोखले
  3. ↑ Duff 1921, p. 491.
  4. ↑ Pathak, Gangadhar (1978). "Talekhasan — Pirandavanwadi Gokhale Gharana". Gokhale Kulavrutant.

References

  • Naravane, M.S (2006), Battles of the honourable East India Company: making of the Raj, APH Publishing, pp. 78–105, ISBN 978-81-313-0034-3
  • Duff, James Grant (1921), Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, ed., A History of the Mahrattas, Volume 2, London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, OCLC 61585379
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