Qualla: Kingdom of Nagpur https://qualla.com/kingdom-of-nagpur en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:31 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/t/g/b/0/kingdom-of-nagpur-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Kingdom of Nagpur https://qualla.com/kingdom-of-nagpur Kingdom of Nagpur: Introduction https://qualla.com/kingdom-of-nagpur/ Photo credit Damitr, CC BY-SA 3.0. In Bengal, mothers still sing a lullaby that translates roughly as: "When the children fall asleep, silence sets in, the Bargis come to our lands. Bulbuls have eaten the grains, how shall I pay the nawab's tax demands." The Bargis were light cavalry mercenaries unleashed by the Bhonsle rulers of Nagpur during their invasions of Bengal in the 1740s. The destruction they wrought was so thorough that it entered the folk memory of a people who lived a thousand kilometers away. That is the kind of kingdom Nagpur was: ambitious, ruthless, and far-reaching - until the British dismantled it piece by piece.

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/g/b/0/kingdom-of-nagpur-wp/tgb0-kingdom-of-nagpur-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Kingdom of Nagpur: Gond Foundations https://qualla.com/kingdom-of-nagpur/ Photo credit Damitr, CC BY-SA 3.0. Before the Marathas, there were the Gonds. The kingdom's story begins in the early 18th century, when this territory formed part of the Gond Kingdom of Deogarh. Bakht Buland Shah, its ruler, visited Delhi and returned determined to transform his domain. He invited Hindu and Musli...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/g/b/0/kingdom-of-nagpur-wp/tgb0-kingdom-of-nagpur-gond-foundations.mp3 0:06 2 full Kingdom of Nagpur: The Bhonsle Ascendancy https://qualla.com/kingdom-of-nagpur/ Photo credit Damitr, CC BY-SA 3.0. Raghoji I Bhonsle, who ruled from 1739 to 1755, was the archetype of a Maratha leader: bold, decisive, and unembarrassed by the absence of a pretext for invasion. His armies invaded Bengal twice, securing the cession of Cuttack. Between 1745 and 1755, he absorbed Chanda, Chhattis...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/g/b/0/kingdom-of-nagpur-wp/tgb0-kingdom-of-nagpur-the-bhonsle-ascendancy.mp3 0:06 3 full Kingdom of Nagpur: The British Collision https://qualla.com/kingdom-of-nagpur/ Photo credit Damitr, CC BY-SA 3.0. Raghoji II initially courted the British East India Company, acquiring Hoshangabad and the lower Narmada valley. But in 1803, he joined Daulat Rao Sindhia of Gwalior in war against the British. The alliance was crushed at the battles of Assaye and Argaon - the former one of Arthu...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/g/b/0/kingdom-of-nagpur-wp/tgb0-kingdom-of-nagpur-the-british-collision.mp3 0:06 4 full Kingdom of Nagpur: Betrayal, Escape, and Extinction https://qualla.com/kingdom-of-nagpur/ Photo credit Damitr, CC BY-SA 3.0. The final act played out swiftly. After Raghoji II's death in 1816, Appa Sahib seized the throne and signed a treaty of alliance with the British - then promptly broke it when war erupted between the British and the Peshwa. His forces were defeated at the Battle of Sitabuldi and ...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/t/g/b/0/kingdom-of-nagpur-wp/tgb0-kingdom-of-nagpur-betrayal-escape-and-extinction.mp3 0:06 5 full Kingdom of Nagpur: What the Kingdom Left Behind https://qualla.com/kingdom-of-nagpur/ Photo credit Damitr, CC BY-SA 3.0. Nagpur became a province administered by a commissioner under the Governor-General of India, eventually folding into the Central Provinces in 1861. During the revolt of 1857, a regiment of irregular cavalry conspired to rise, but the plot was discovered and crushed. The aged prin...

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