Nana fadnavis biography in marathi
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Nana fadnavis biography in marathi
Nana Fadnavis
Historical Indian statesman (1742–1800)
Not to be confused with Nana Sahib.
Nana Fadnavis (Pronunciation: [naːna pʰəɖɳəʋiːs, fəɖ-]; also Phadnavis and Furnuwees and abbreviated as Phadnis) (12 February 1742[citation needed] – 13 March 1800), born Balaji Janardan Bhanu, was a Maratha minister and statesman during the Peshwa administration in Pune, India.
James Grant Duff states that he was called "the MarathaMachiavelli" by the Europeans.[1]
Early life
Balaji Janardan Bhanu was born in a Chitpavan Brahmin family in Satara in 1742 and was nicknamed 'Nana'.
His grandfather Balaji Mahadaji Bhanu had migrated from a village called Velas near Shrivardhan during the days of the First PeshwaBalaji Vishwanath Bhat. The Bhats and the Bhanus had family relations and a very good friendship existed between them.
The two families had respectively inherited the 'Mahajan' or village-head positions of the towns of Velas and Shrivardhan. Balaji M