Subsequently, Holkar set up an ad hoc council nominally headed by Amrut Rao, and ran the Peshwa's government in his name.
Subsequently, Amrut Rao signed a treaty with the British, agreeing to give up all claims over the Peshwa's office in return for a pension and an estate in Bundelkhand.
He was adopted by Raghunath Rao, the Maratha Peshwa who allied with the British East India Company in 1775.
However, the British later signed the Treaty of Salbai (1782) with Raghunath's rivals among the Marathas, and acknowledged Madhav Rao II as the Peshwa.
Raghunath Rao died a year later in 1783, and his family was kept in confinement by the Peshwa's minister Nana Fadnavis.
However, Muzaffar Khan, an officer loyal to the ladies, rescued them near Koregaon Bhima, when Scindia's men were moving them to Ahmednagar.
[4] On the night of 7 June 1798, Scindia sent five infantry battalions under the command of a French officer — Captain Du Prat, to retrieve the widows.
Scindia's father-in-law and general Sarji Rao Ghatge (also known as Sarjerao) led two battalions to the riverside, on the pretext of maintaining order at the local Muharram procession.
As Amrut Rao's troops dispersed, Ghatge's force attacked them and pillaged their camp.
[5] Holkar set up an ad hoc council headed by Amrut Rao, and ran the Peshwa's government in his name.
[6] He also attempted to give a legal status to his new government at Pune by appointing Vinayak Rao as the new Peshwa.
Vinayak's adopted sons Narayana Rao and Madho joined the 1857 uprising after the Company ceased their pension.
[8] Narayan Rao's daughter was awarded a state in Banda and Chitrakoot on the guarantees of Scindia and Holkar.