Question

After the Death of Nana Phadnavis, the two Maratha chiefs who tried to control the Peshwa were ______________.
(A) Gaikwad and Bhonsle
(B) Gaikwad and Holkar
(C) Holkar and Scindia
(D) Scindia and Bhonsle

Answer 1

Hint: This dynasty was a Maratha faction of Dhangar inception in India. They were officers under Peshwa Baji Rao I, and later became Maharajas of Indore in Central India as a free individual from the Maratha Empire until 1818. It is a Hindu Maratha administration of Kunbi inception that managed the recent State of Gwalior.

Complete step-by-step solution:
Nana Phadnavis born Balaji Janardan Bhanu, was a powerful priest and legislator of the Maratha Empire during the Peshwa organization in Pune, India. James Grant Duff expresses that he was classified "the Maratha Machiavelli" by the Europeans. Balaji Janardan Bhanu was born in a Chitpavan Brahmin family in Satara in 1742 and was nicknamed 'Nana'. During the times of the First Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath Bhat, his granddad Balaji Mahadaji Bhanu had moved from a town called Velas close to Shrivardhan. The Bhats and the Bhanus had family relations and an awesome companionship existed between them. The two families had separately acquired the 'Mahajan' or town head places of the towns of Velas and Shrivardhan. Balaji Mahadji had once spared the Peshwa from a dangerous plot by the Mughals.
After the death of Peshwa Narayanrao in 1773, Nana Phadnavis dealt with the undertakings of the state with the assistance of a twelve-part rule chamber known as the Barbhai board. The gathering was Nana's genius intent to ensure Madhavrao II, child of Narayanrao, conceived after death to Gangabai, the widow of Narayanrao, from the Peshwa family's inner clashes. The Barbhai Council was a coalition of powerful Sardars (commanders) drove by Nana. During this time, the Maratha Empire was huge with various vassal states under a settlement of security who perceived the Peshwa as the preeminent force. Nana passed on at Pune on the thirteenth of March, 1800. Following his passing, Peshwa Baji Rao II set himself in the possession of the British, inciting the Second Anglo-Maratha War that started the separation of the Maratha alliance.

Thus, option (C) is correct.

Note: Wadas are frameworks of open yards with expanded security. Nana's passages on the upper floor are fixed with teakwood cross-section work.