Question

Write Short Notes on

1. Malharrao Holkar​

Answer 1

Answer:

During the war Khanderao Holkar, son of Malhar Rao Holkar, was one day inspecting his army in an open palanquin, when he was fired upon from the fort. The cannonball hit and killed him on 24 March 1754. Malhar Rao was infuriated by the death of his only son and wanted to take revenge.

Date of death: 20 May 1766

Date of birth: 16 March 1694

Answer 2

The dynasty's founder, Malhar Rao Holkar, rose from peasant origins by his own ability. In 1724 Baji Rao I, the peshwa (prime minister) of the Maratha state, gave him command of 500 horses, and he soon became the peshwa's chief general in Malwa, with headquarters at Maheshwar and Indore.