Dictionary of Indian Biography/Berar, Raghoji Bhonsla II, Raja of
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BERAR, RAGHOJI BHONSLA II, RAJA OF ( ? –1816)
Raja of Nagpur, or Berar: succeeded his father, Madhoji Bhonsla, as Raja in 1788, took part in the victory of the Mahrattas over Nizam Ali of Hyderabad at Kurdla in March, 1795. After the treaty of Bassein (Dec. 1802), he joined in the Mahratta war against the British, and was beaten at Assaye on Sep. 23, 1803, and again at Argaum on Nov. 28, 1803: he had then to cede Cuttack and Berar to the English, so that only Nagpur remained to him: his demand for their restoration was refused: he died in 1816.