James Grant Duff
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James Grant Duff was a British soldier and historian from Scotland, who was active in British India.
James Cunninghame Grant Duff
Baji Rao II
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Baji Rao II was the 13th and last Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy. He served from 1796 until his deposition in 1802, and again from 1803 to 1818. Initially installed as a nominal ruler by powerful M
James Grant Duff
…discovering the mean between too rapid reform and too great deference to native prejudice and immobility. During the long operations against the Peshwa Bajirao II, terminating in his overthrow, Grant Duff took a considerable part, both in a civil and in a military capacity, attaining the rank of captain in his…
Dhakate Bajirava Saheb. Coloured lithograph, 1888. Wellcome V0045040
Courtyard of the Vishrambaug Wada, residence of Bajirao II until 1818
Bajirao II meeting with British East India Company officials
Bajirao II signs the Treaty of Bassein in 1802.