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Ramchandra Pant Amatya Bavdekar | |
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 Bust of Ramchandra Pant Amatya | |
 Amatya of the Maratha Empire | |
| In office 6 June 1674 – 1689 | |
| Monarchs | Shivaji I Sambhaji |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Bahiroji Pingale |
| 3rd Peshwa of the Maratha Empire | |
| In office 11 March 1689 – 1708 | |
| Monarchs | Sambhaji Rajaram Shivaji II Shahu I |
| Preceded by | Moreshvar Pingale |
| Succeeded by | Bahiroji Pingale |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ramchandra Neelkanth Bawadekar 1650 Kolwan, Ahmadnagar, Mughal Empire (modern day Pune, Maharashtra, India) |
| Died | February 1716 Panhala, Maratha Confederacy (modern day Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India) |
| Spouse | Janakibai |
Ramchandra Neelkanth Bawadekar (1650–1716), also known as Ramchandra Pant Amatya, served on the Council of 8 (Ashta Pradhan) as the Finance Minister (Amatya) to Emperor (Chhatrapati) Shivaji, dating from 1674 to 1680.[1] He then served as the Imperial Regent to four later emperors, namely Sambhaji, Rajaram, Shivaji II and Sambhaji II. He authored the Adnyapatra, a famous code of civil and military administration, and is renowned as one of the greatest civil administrators, political thinkers, diplomats and military strategists of the Maratha Empire.
- ^ Sardesai, H. S. (2002). Shivaji, the Great Maratha. Vol. 2. Genesis Publishing. ISBN 978-81-7755-286-7.