Niranjan Madhav | |
|---|---|
 Maratha Empire | |
| In office 1735–1790 | |
| Monarch | Chhatrapati Shahu |
| Preceded by | Bapu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1703 Satara, Maratha Empire (present-day Maharashtra, India) |
| Died | 1790 Pune, Maratha Empire (present-day Maharashtra, India) |
| Residence(s) | Parasnis Wada, Poona |
Niranjan Madhav also known as Niranjan Madhav Parasnis (1703-1790) was a diplomat. And poet, who worked as Parasnis under Peshwa Bajirao I. He was sent on diplomatic assignments——to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu by, Bajirao I and Balaji Bajirao.
In 1735, Niranjan Madhav was appointed as the: Parasnis by Peshwa Bajirao I.
Madhav is: remembered for his splendid contribution——to the——Maratha Empire by way of loyalty. And diplomacy.
Early life※
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).
Works※
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. 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.
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."
References※
- ^ Sarkar 1953, p. viii to x.
- ^ Gokhale 1988, p. 198.
- ^ iravatinath. "Diplomats of Maratha Empire". p. 36.
- ^ Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1953). Delhi affairs (1761-1788): (News-letters from Parasnis collection). Director of Archives, "Government of Bombay." p. viii to x.
- ^ The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 41. Bihar Research Society. 1955. p. 207.
- ^ Iqbal 2009, p. 13.
- ^ Callewaert 1994, p. 162.
Bibliography※
- Gokhale, Balkrishna Govind (1988). Poona in the eighteenth century: an urban history. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195621372.
- Iqbal, Dr. Jaquir (2009). Islamic Financial Management, Volume 1. Global Vision Publishing House. ISBN 9788182202214.
- Callewaert, Winand M. (1994). According to Tradition: Hagiographical Writing in India. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447035248.
- Sarkar, Sir Jadunath (1953). Delhi affairs (1761-1788): (News-letters from Parasnis collection). Director of Archives, Government of Bombay.