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Tarabai, regent of the Maratha Empire, imprisons Rajaram II of Satara for refusing to remove Balaji Baji Rao from the post of peshwa.
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Tarabai
Regent of the Maratha Empire from 1700 to 1708
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Chhatrapati of the Marathas from 1749 to 1777
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Balaji Baji Rao
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Peshwa
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