Raghuji I

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Raghuji I
Senadhurandar Sarkar Senasahibsubah[1]
Raghuji I Bhonsle
1st Raja of Nagpur
Reign	1739– 14 February 1755
Predecessor	Position established (Burhan Shah as Gond ruler)
Successor	Janoji I
Raja of Orissa
Reign	March 1751 – 14 February 1755
Predecessor	Position established (Alivardi Khan as Nawab of Orissa)
Successor	Janoji I
Born	Raghuji Bhonsle c. 1695 Satara, Maratha Kingdom (modern day Maharashtra, India)
Died	14 February 1755(1755-02-14) (aged 69–70) Nagpur, Nagpur State, Maratha Confederacy (modern day Maharashtra, India)
Issue	Janoji Bhonsle Madhoji Bhonsle Bimbaji Bhonsle Sabaji Bhonsle
House	Bhonsle (Nagpur)
Father	Bimbaji Bhonsle
Mother	Kashibai
Religion	Hinduism

Raghuji I (Raghuji Bhonsle; Marathi pronunciation: [rɑːgʰoːɟiː bʰoːⁿsəleː]; 1695 – 14 February 1755)^[2][3] was a Maratha general of the Bhonsle clan who established the Nagpur Kingdom in much of east-central India during the reign of Chhatrapati Shahu I.^[4] His successors ruled the kingdom until 1853.