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Baji Rao I

1700 - 1740

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Bajirao I (born Visaji, Marathi: [ˈbaːdʑiɾaːʋ bəˈlːaːɭ̆]; 18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740) was the 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. In the Deccan region, the Nizam of Hyderabad emerged as a significant threat. Bajirao then led a campaign against the Nizam in which Nizam suffered a decisive defeat at Palkheda. This victory solidified the Marathas’ authority in the Deccan region. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baji Rao I is the 304th most popular military personnel (up from 942nd in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from India (up from 271st in 2019) and the most popular Indian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Baji Rao I ranks 304 out of 2,058. Before him are Vasily Stalin, Ernest King, Tōgō Heihachirō, Ivan Bagramyan, Andranik, and Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno. After him are Andrey Yeryomenko, Werner Mölders, Usama ibn Zayd, Zhao Yun, Paul Tibbets, and Orda Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1700, Baji Rao I ranks 4. Before him are Daniel Bernoulli, Baal Shem Tov, and Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, James Thomson, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans, and Ewald Georg von Kleist. Among people deceased in 1740, Baji Rao I ranks 6. Before him are Pope Clement XII, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick William I of Prussia, Anna of Russia, and Maria Anna of Neuburg. After him are Tahmasp II, Abbas III, Antonio Lotti, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, and Jan Kupecký.

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In India

Among people born in India, Baji Rao I ranks 118 out of 1,861. Before him are Vyasa (-390), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Tipu Sultan (1750), and Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856). After him are Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), Maharana Pratap (1540), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Rajendra Prasad (1884), A. R. Rahman (1966), and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, Baji Rao I ranks 1. After him are Kim Philby (1912), Tatya Tope (1814), Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Kenneth Anderson (1891), Rash Behari Bose (1886), Orde Wingate (1903), Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832), John Frost (1912), William Birdwood (1865), Padma Bandopadhyay (1944), and Somnath Sharma (1923).

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