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'''Raghunathrao Bhat''', also known as '''Ragho Ballal''' or '''Ragho Bharari'''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4HlCAAAAYAAJ&q=ragho+bharari | title=Proceedings | volume=28 | year=1966 | author=Indian History Congress | access-date=11 February 2019 }}</ref> (18 August 1734 – 11 December 1783), was the 11th [[Peshwa]] of the [[Maratha Empire]] for a brief period from 1773 to 1774. He succeeded his Nephew [[Narayan Rao|Narayanrao]].
He was known for his various military campaigns that played an important role in [[Northern Campaign of Raghunath Rao|Maratha expansion]] in [[North India|Northern India]]. He also
Raghunathrao was involved in the [[Assassination of Narayan Rao|Assassination]] of his Nephew [[Narayan Rao]] in 1773. After being removed from the position of Peshwa,
==Early life==
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[[File:Murder_of_Narayanrao_Ballal.jpg|thumb|[[Assassination of Narayan Rao]]]]
The period between 16 and 30 August the [[Assassination of Narayan Rao|
=== Legal consequences ===
[[Ramshastri Prabhune|Ram Shastri]], the Nyayadhish ("Chief Justice") of the Maratha empire, likely began looking into the killing of Narayanrao immediately after the incident despite Raghunathrao's opposition.<ref>{{cite book |author=Sardesai |first=Govind Sakharam |title=New History of the Marathas Volume III: Sunset over Maharashtra (1772-1848) |publisher=Phoenix Publications |year=1948 |page=28 |quote=}}</ref> The investigation lasted for around six weeks and decisions were made in accordance with established judicial practices. Shastri found Raghunathrao as the main culprit and in addition about fifty persons more or less responsible for the murder (forty nine males and one female servant). Of these forty nine men, thirteen were Gardis (eight Hindus and five Muslims), twenty six were Brahmin, three were Prabhu and seven were Marathas. The twenty six Brahmins were essentially clerks who acted as agents in planning and executing the details of the plan. Vyankatrao Kashi, his brother Laxman and Sakharam Hari Gupte were the three Prabhus who were declared to have played a prominent role in the plot. When Shastri approached Raghunathrao, the latter downplayed the murder as a private, personal affair and asked the former to not concern himself with it. Shastri on his part, without an ounce of fear, told Raghunathrao that he was the main culprit for the murder of his nephew. Hence Raghunathrao and the general public understood the degree of power that lay with the judiciary in a well-governed state. But Shastri was dismissed from his office by Raghunathrao and went back to his native village.<ref>{{cite book |author=Sardesai |first=Govind Sakharam |title=New History of the Marathas Volume III: Sunset over Maharashtra (1772-1848) |publisher=Phoenix Publications |year=1948 |pages=30–31 |quote=}}</ref>
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While Shastri was conducting his investigation, Sakharam Bapu ensured that pregnant Gangabai, the widow of Narayanrao, was secure and safe from harm's way. If Gangabai were to give birth to a male child, he would become the heir to the kingdom. But if she were to give birth to a female child, Sakharam Bapu contemplated the idea of making Ali Bahadur, the grandson of Baji Rao, the Peshwa of the Maratha empire. He convinced most of the Maratha chiefs from Raghunathrao's camp to switch sides without rousing his suspicion. He laid the foundations of a group of twelve Maratha officials and chiefs who were collectively known as the
==Second Northern Expedition (1757-1758) ==
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