Question

) Arrange in chronological order. [2]

i) Conflict arises between Maharani Tarabai and Shahu Maharaj for the

‘gadi’.

ii) Death of Emperor Aurangzeb.

iii) Prince Shahu was released.

iv) Azamshah was in the South.​

Answer 1

Answer:

ii

Death of emperor aurangzeb

Answer 2

Answer:

2) 3) 4) 1)

Explanation:

After the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, leading Mughal courtiers released Shahu with a force of fifty men, thinking that a friendly Maratha leader would be a useful ally. At that time he fought a brief war with his aunt Tarabai in an internecine conflict to gain the Maratha throne in 1708.

Under Shahu's reign, Maratha power and influence extended to all corners of the Indian subcontinent. However, after his death, power moved from the ruling Chhatrapati to his ministers (the Peshwas) and the generals who had carved out their own fiefdoms such as Bhonsle of Nagpur, Gaekwad of Baroda, Sindhia of Gwalior and Holkar of Indore.