Ramchandra Pant Amatya

Ramchandra Pant Amatya Bavdekar
Bust of Ramchandra Pant Amatya
Amatya of the Maratha Empire
In office
6 June 1674 – 1689
MonarchsShivaji I
Sambhaji
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byBahiroji Pingale
3rd Peshwa of the Maratha Empire
In office
11 March 1689 – 1708
MonarchsSambhaji
Rajaram
Shivaji II
Shahu I
Preceded byMoreshvar Pingale
Succeeded byBahiroji Pingale
Personal details
Born
Ramchandra Neelkanth Bawadekar

1650
Kolwan, Ahmadnagar, Mughal Empire
(modern day Pune, Maharashtra, India)
DiedFebruary 1716
Panhala, Maratha Confederacy
(modern day Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India)
SpouseJanakibai

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.

  1. ^ Sardesai, H. S. (2002). Shivaji, the Great Maratha. Vol. 2. Genesis Publishing. ISBN 978-81-7755-286-7.