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GB 891 SC29-SC29/1-SC29/1/11
Title
"The will of Madhoo Rao Bulal"
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- 30th Aug 1772 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet handwritten
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"The will of Madhoo (Madhu) Rao Bulal written at his bedside by Nana Furnevees (Fadnavis) in his own hand dated 30 August 1772". The will is written in Marathi with title in English in a different hand. The will lists the people and charities who should be benefactors and include Nana Fadnavis' promise to undertake Madhu Rao's wishes.
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- English
- Marathi
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Briggs' translation of this will can be found in Secret Correspondence of the Court of the Peshwa, Madhu Rao, from the Year 1761 to 1772. Translated from Original Mahratta Letters, Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society II, 1830, pp. 162-3.
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- Madhu Rao I Peshwa 1744-1772 (Subject)
- Nana Fadnavis 1742-1800 (Subject)
- John Briggs 1785-1875 (Subject)