| Assassination of Narayan Rao | |
|---|---|
 A 1922 sketch depicting the Murder of Narayan Rao | |
| Location | Shaniwar Wada, Pune, Maratha Confederacy (modern day Maharashtra, India) |
| Date | 30 August 1773, 251 years ago 10:00 am (Local mean time) |
| Target | Narayan Rao |
Attack type | Assassination |
| Deaths | 11 (including 7 Brahmins, 2 servants, 2 maids) 1 Cow |
| Perpetrators | Raghunath Rao Anandibai |
| Motive | Right to Succession |
| Verdict | guilty |
| Convictions | Murder |
| Charges | Death (escaped by fleeing) |
The Assassination of Narayan Rao occurred on 30 August 1773, when the 18 year old Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy Narayan Rao, was assassinated. This plot was carried out During the Ganesh Chaturthi Festival that took place from 21 to 31 August. This was plotted by his uncle Raghunath Rao and his wife Anandibai. They used members of the Kalbelia tribe as assassins. Raghunath Rao was the next in line for the throne, at the time of Narayan Rao's death.[1] Narayan Rao and his servant Chapaji Tilekar were both killed. A total of eleven people had been killed in the palace, seven of them were Brahmins, two servants, two maids. One cow was also killed.
- ^ Sardesai, Govind Sakharam (1948). New History of the Marathas Volume III: Sunset over Maharashtra (1772-1848). Phoenix Publications. p. 23.