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Rojnishi: Maratha History in Portuguese Records of Lisbon
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The new c i ty was to be the last extra- Dclhi did bring its citizens into the arena
vaganza of a dying empire. This future was of national politics. This happened mostly
hidden from those who planned it to be in 1920's with the influx of politically
a showpiece to impress and dazzle the aware outsiders who moved from Calcutta
subject population with the imperial to Delhi.
power. The designer of Viceroy's House,
The book has useful additional aids for
Sir Edwin Luyten, was employed to
the reader. However, two more maps, one
create a school of Indo-British architec- showing more details of the suburban
ture. Th i s hope was never fulfilled. extensions after 1880's and the other
The author traces Hindu-Muslim showing the new capital in relation to the
antagonism to urban strains of conges- cantonment and civil lines would have
tion. This is open to debate, but the made the picture clearer for the reader.
municipalization and politicization of Dr. (Snit.) Samita Gupta
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( This document has been selected and introduced by Prof. A. R. Kulkarni, Dept. of
History, University of Poona.)
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Leandro de Madre de Deos. Leandro was present at the site, and he
Que no dia 4 a feira 18 de Novembro de sent this messenger and a companian with
1772 de manha falcceu Madan Rao no letters to this Government On the
citio chamado Thevar :-; que na mesma morning of Friday, 20th November. The,
tarde foi queimado o seu cadaver, e junto messenger had to leave, his companion at
corn elle morreo a sua mulher quei- Chicoddy because he fell sick, and he
mada: que o Pe Fre Leandro se reached the destination alone yesterday,
achava no dito citio que na ma0a that is, on 30th November. Raghoba,
Sexta feira 20 de Novembro expedio o Narayan Rao, brother of Madhav Rao,
ditd Padre com cartas a eta carte ao
Sakharam Bapn, Moropant, and all the
now:tante junto corn hum companheiro,
ao qual deixara em Chieoddy - por se achar other Ministers and Sardars, and also,
doente, e que elle presentara a csta 'Corte Trimbak Rao Mama were present at
hontern 30 de Novembro. Que em Thevar Thevur. When the messenger left that •
se :'achavao .Ragoba, Naraona Rao Irmao place, there were about ten thousand,
Madou Rao, Saca Rama Bapu, Moro horses, and orders had been issued for
Panta, e todos os mais Ministros e Cabos, more troops because of the alarm received
e ,tambem Trimbaca Rao Marna. Que that the son of Raghoji Bhosle was
ao tempo de sahir ciaqle. cit i o o noticiante, marching on Poona with about twenty
estariao ally dez mil cavallos, e se tinha thousand cavalry. He reported that soon
e-Zpedio ordem, p a. ajuntar as mais after the mourning was over, all would -
Tropas, pela noticia q. havia chegado de meet in Satara for the solemn enthrone-
q o filho de Ragoji Bounsulo vinha mar-
ment of Narayan Rao as Pradhan with
chando repentinarnente sabre Punem, e se
dizia q o excrcito seria couza de vipte mil authority of Ram Raja.
cavalos. Que se falava q acabadci os dias
Ekplanatory Remarks :
de nojo, haviao de nassar todos a Satara,
c thy declarar a solemnide. sermonial do Fr. Leandro was a priest who was in
governo de Pradan em name de Naraena Poona for many years and was attending
Rao corn authoridade de Rama R.aza. to the spiritual needs of the Goan
Christians serving in Maratha army. It
English translation is clear from many other Portuguese
Received on 1st December 1772 documents of this time that the Portuguese
Poona, 20 November, 1772 were following closely the dissensions in
Maratha politics. It may be interesting
News conveyed by a Hindu messenger, to note also that a Portuguese doctor,
resident in Poona, and _bearer of a Manuel Francisco Goncalves, was sent to -
letter from Friar Leandro de Madre Poona at the request of Maratha court to
de Deos. -
attend to Madhav Rao in his illness in _
He reported that Madhav Rao died at 1771.
a place called Thevur in the morning of
18th November 1772, a Wednesday. That (This document is selected and translated
same evening his body was cremated, and by Dr. T. R. de Souza, Dept. -of History,
along with him his wife was burnt. Father University of Poona.)
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