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Niranjan Madhav

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Niranjan Madhav
Maratha Empire
In office
1735[1]–1790
MonarchChhatrapati Shahu
Preceded byBapu
Personal details
Born1703[2]
Satara, Maratha Empire (present-day Maharashtra, India)
Died1790[2]
Pune, Maratha Empire (present-day Maharashtra, India)
Residence(s)Parasnis Wada, Poona[3]

Niranjan Madhav also known as Niranjan Madhav Parasnis (1703-1790) was a diplomat and poet, who worked as Parasnis under Peshwa Bajirao I.[2] He was sent on diplomatic assignments to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu by Bajirao I and Balaji Bajirao.[2]

In 1735, Niranjan Madhav was appointed as the Parasnis by Peshwa Bajirao I.[1]

Madhav is remembered for his splendid contribution to the Maratha Empire by way of loyalty, and diplomacy.

Early life

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According to Akbharats and the Poona Jagirdar Parasnis collections of Persian despatches from Delhi, Niranjan Madhav was born in 1703 in a prominent Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family of Vishvamitra gotra in Satara, Maratha Empire (present-day Maharashtra, India).[4]

Works

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Niranjan Madhav was initiated into the mysteries of the spiritual lore and wrote five works, finishing some at Poona and some others at Srirangapattana. He unlocked a temple at Belur Chenna Keshava.[5] Niranjan Madhav composed Subhadra Swayamvara Champu. This akhyana contains prose and poetry, which is a significant contribution to Marathi akhyana.This is a Swayamvar Kavya describing the marriage between Arjuna and Subhadra.[6]

In 1760, Niranjan Madhav composed Jnaneshwar Vijay, on life of Dnyaneshwar.It is based on the work of Namdev and is more a laudatory poem than a biography.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sarkar 1953, p. viii to x.
  2. ^ a b c d Gokhale 1988, p. 198.
  3. ^ iravatinath. "Diplomats of Maratha Empire". p. 36.
  4. ^ Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1953). Delhi affairs (1761-1788): (News-letters from Parasnis collection). Director of Archives, Government of Bombay. p. viii to x.
  5. ^ The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 41. Bihar Research Society. 1955. p. 207.
  6. ^ Iqbal 2009, p. 13.
  7. ^ Callewaert 1994, p. 162.

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