father death_date death_place succession birth_place religion native_name birth_date issue image article_title name
trimbak pingale 1683 pratapgad , satara '' of the maratha empire , '' peshwa '' of the pradhan maratha empire , '' sardar '' of pratapgad '' to emperor '' chhatrapati '' shivaji lonavala , pune hindu , deshastha brahmin मोरोपंत त्र्यंबक पिंगळे est. 1620 nilopant pingale , bahiroji pingale flag of the maratha empire.svg moropant trimbak pingle
 moropant trimbak pingale
moropant trimbak pingle

moropant trimbak pingale , also known as moropant peshwā , was the first `` peshwa '' -lrb- prime minister -rrb- of the maratha empire , serving on shivaji 's council of eight -lrb- english-ashtapradhan mandal , marathi-अष ्टप्रधान मंडळ -rrb- .
in 1647 , moropant joined shivaji in establishing the maratha empire .
he was one of the warriors who participated in the successful 1659 battle of shivaji 's forces against the forces of vijapur 's adil shah which immediately followed adil shah 's general afzalkhān 's death at jāwali .
he also participated in the battles at `` trimbakeshwar fort '' and `` wāni-dindori `` against the mughal forces .
he participated in shivaji 's invasion of surat in 1664 .
moropant introduced sound revenue administration to shivaji 's regime , and played an important role in resource planning concerning defenses and maintenance of strategic forts .
he was also responsible for the construction and administration of pratapgad .
at shivaji 's death , moropant pingale was working as a supervisor of fort development activities in nashik district for the salher-mulher forts .
under shivaji 's successor , sambhaji , he also participated in the battle of burhanpur in 1681 .
the pingale family still lives in lonavala .
the current head of the family is gajanan ramchandra pingale .
