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The Story of Raghoba
An Assassination that Shook the Maratha Empire
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The story of Raghoba – or Raghunathrao – is a captivating tale that spans across eras. It picks up the threads from the death of his nephew Madhav Rao in 1772. Raghoba, the son of the renowned Bajirao Peshwa, was once hailed for his exceptional military skills and talent for intrigue. However, he later succumbed to his own indolence and ambition, crossing a line from which there was no turning back.
This account in author Uday S Kulkarni’s book Raghoba, drawn from contemporary sources, pulls the reader into a vortex of a plot to commit murder and its aftermath, searing Raghoba, burning his nephew, and plunging the Maratha Empire into a crisis. The politics of the time, the many characters who strode the stage of History. They speak to us through their original letters which will take the reader to the very core of the story and give a ring side view of the events over a nearly three year period…
A talk by Uday S Kulkarni will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
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Uday S Kulkarni
Raghoba: The Assassination of Narayanrao Peshwa is Dr. Uday S Kulkarni’s eighth non-fiction book on the most important period in India’s recent history; the eighteenth century. The present work takes the story of the eighteenth century forward.
Dr. Kulkarni is a trained surgeon. He has served in the Indian Navy and proceeded on voluntary retirement in the rank of Surgeon Commander. He has received many awards for his work on Maratha and Indian history. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland and a recipient of the Shri Shivaji Raigad Puraskar, the Abasaheb Mujumdar Award and the first Shivbhushan Ninad Bedekar Puraskar.
Dr. Uday S. Kulkarni has authored several non-fiction books dealing with eighteenth century Indian history, namely, Solstice at Panipat, The Era of Bajirao, Bakhar of Panipat, The Extraordinary Epoch of Nanasaheb Peshwa, The Maratha Century and The Mastery of Hindustan: Triumphs & Travails of Madhav Rao Peshwa – all of which cover the period from the late seventeenth century onwards. He has also authored a richly illustrated book based on the work of James Wales, who spent many years in western India in the 1790s, in James Wales: Artist & Antiquarian in the time of Peshwa Sawai Madhavrao. Four of his books have been translated into Marathi by Vijay Bapaye and awarded prizes by Maharashtra Granthottejak Sabha.
Dr. Kulkarni works and lives in Pune with his family.
