page_title: Pune district
section_title: Peshwa rule (1714–1818)
hierarchical_section_title: Pune district / History / Peshwa rule (1714–1818)
caption_attribution_description: English: A water color painting of Pune as seen from the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers in late 1700s, by British artist Henry Salt
context_page_description: Pune is a district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Pune City Central is the District Headquarters. The district's population was 9,429,408 in the 2011 census, the fourth-most-populous of India's 640 districts. The district has an urban population of 58.08 percent of its total. It is one of the most industrialized district in the India. In recent decades it has also become a hub for Information technology.
context_section_description: Shivaji's grandson, Shahu I, appointed the Chitpavan Brahmin Balaji Vishwanath as his Peshwa in 1714. Vishwanath received the area around Pune from the grateful mother of one of Shahu's ministers for saving her son's life. In 1718, Shahu sent him to Delhi to assist the Sayyads; in return for this help, Muhammad Shah (the Mughal emperor in Delhi) granted Shahu sardeshmukhi rights for Pune, Supa, Baramati, Indapur and Junnar. Shahu appointed Baji Rao I Peshwa in 1720, succeeding his father. Baji Rao moved his administration from Saswad to nearby Pune in 1728, laying the foundation for turning a kasbah into a large city. Pune grew in size and influence as Maratha rule extended through the subcontinent in subsequent decades. A well-known saying in the era before the third battle of Panipat was that the "ponies of Bhimthadi drank the water of the Indus river".
caption: Watercolor painting of Pune in the late Peshwa era at the confluence of the Mula and Mutha Rivers by British artist Henry Salt
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