Vishwasrao, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian Noble/Prince
Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1741
Place of Birth: Indapur, Maharashtra, India
Date of Death: 14-Jan-1761
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Vishwasrao
- Shrimant Vishwasrao Bhat Peshwa (March 7, 1741 – January 14, 1761) was the eldest son of Balaji Baji Rao Bhat, Peshwa of Pune of the Maratha Empire and also was the heir to the title of Peshwa of the Maratha Empire.
- Shrimant Vishwasrao had received training in administration and warfare from the age of 8 years old.
- He had impressed the Maratha infantry by his performance at Sindkheda and Udgir battle 1760.
- His specialty was Bow and Arrow or Dhanur-vidya along with sword fighting.
- During Battle of Udgir, he was unstoppable with the bow and arrow while mounted on an war-elephant. Vishwasrao was tall and well-built following the genetic constitution of the Peshwa family.
- Although, he looked exactly like the younger version of his grandfather Peshwa Bajirao , Vishwasrao had blue eyes.
- As per Sardesai and few other authors that named him the most handsome among the Peshwa men, Vishwasrao followed a strenuous gym routine and performed Kawaiti ( army training on a regular basis).
- Kaustubh Kasture states in his book, "Sakalraj Karya Dhurandar Sadashivrao Bhausaheb" that Sadashivrao saw that Vishwasrao received thorough military and administration training.
- It is believed as per some sources, it was Nanasaheb Peshwa who introduced regular army training and added the best armour to the Maratha army.He got hit in the head by a shot fired by a Pashtun officer during the period of the most intense fighting (Approx.
- between 01:00 PM and 02:30 PM) at Third Battle of Panipat.
- He died fighting on the front lines.
- Marathas were winning the battle but some contingents charged ahead of their cue and obstructed the cannon liness creating a problem for Ibrahim Khan Gardi at aiming for the enemies.
- As per Grant Duff, upon hearing about Shrimant Vishwasrao's death Malharrao Holkar retreated from the field with at least 10,000 soldiers and sardars.
- He also took men of significance like Damaji Gaekwad with him.
- He went to Delhi and asked people of significance like Vinchurkar to vacate Delhi. Although Vishwas Rao Bhat was first exposed to actual warfare at Sindkheda near Hyderabad, against Nizam in 1756, he was the nominal Commander of Maratha Forces and the Peshwa's representative during Third Battle of Panipat under guidance of his uncle Sadashivrao Bhau. At the time of the battle, the Maratha Empire was in control of about two-thirds of the Indian subcontinent (including areas of the modern Republic of India and Pakistan.
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