Enlightenment · South Asia · War
1728
Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I Rises
March 1728
Baji Rao I, the young Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy, launched his first independent campaign against the crumbling Mughal provinces, taking Malwa with cavalry speed that left the Mughal governor stunned. Over the next twelve years he would never lose a battle, extending Maratha power from the Deccan to the gates of Delhi.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.