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Nana Fadnavis (Pronunciation: [naːna pʰəɖɳəʋiːs, fəɖ-]; also Phadnavis and Furnuwees and abbreviated as Phadnis) (12 February 1742 [citation needed] – 13 March 1800), born Balaji Janardan Bhanu, was a Maratha minister and statesman during the Peshwa administration in Pune, India.
नाना फडणवीस ( जन्म: 12 फरवरी 1742 ई.-. मृत्यु: 13 मार्च 1800 ई) वास्तविक नाम - बालाजी जनार्दन भानु। एक अत्यंत चतुर और प्रभावशाली मराठा मंत्री थे ...
Jan 10, 2015 · Exactly 240 years before Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis took oath of office, another Fadnavis had sworn to protect a 40-day old Peshwa, thereby becoming one of the most powerful men in India. He was Nana Fadnavis.
Nana Fadnavis, who was originally known as Balaji Janardan Bhanu, existed as an eminent and influential Peshwa of the Maratha Empire during the Peshwa administration in Pune, India. The Europeans often called Nana Fadnavis "the Mahratta Machiavelli".
Mar 12, 2023 · Nana Phadnavis was a Maratha Empire minister and statesman during the Peshwa administration in Pune, India. According to James Grant Duff, he was dubbed "the Maratha...
Nana Fadnavis (Pronunciation: [naːna pʰəɖɳəʋiːs, fəɖ- ]; also Phadnavis and Furnuwees and abbreviated as Phadnis) (12 February 1742 [citation needed] – 13 March 1800), born Balaji Janardan Bhanu, was a Maratha minister and statesman during the Peshwa administration in Pune, India.
Apr 2, 2024 · Nana Fadnavis is best known for his diplomatic genius which helped preserve Maratha sovereignty against British colonization efforts during his time. Through alliances and treaties, notably with Hyder Ali of Mysore and other Indian princely states, he managed to keep British ambitions at bay.
"I was early disposed to worship the deity," wrote Nana Fadnavis, a nineteen-year-old admin-istrator at the Maratha court in Pune in western India, in his 1761 autobiography. His piety attracted him to art. As a child, he recalled, he possessed "the habit of forming lumps of clay into the shapes which are commonly. . . in the temples."
Born as Balaji Janardan Bhanu, he was an influential statesman of the Maratha Empire during the Peshwa administration in Pune. He served as subordinate Prime Minister to the Chhatrapati (Emperor). He was the main minister who held key portfolios of Administration and Finance or Phadnavis (Fadnavis).
An Autobiographical Memoir of the early life of Nana Fadnavis in his own hand. This relates his life from birth until the accession to the throne of Madhu Rao in 1761 when Nana Fadnavis was 19 years of age.
