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Raghuji

Raghuji is a masculine given name of Indian origin. It is derived from Raghu, a legendary king of the Raghuvamsha in the Ramayana, and is commonly used in Marathi-speaking regions and among communities of central India. The form Raghuji has been borne by several rulers of the Bhonsle (Bhosle) dynasty of Nagpur, a Maratha-ruled polity in what is now Maharashtra and Vidarbha.

Notable bearers include Raghuji Bhonsle I and Raghuji Bhonsle II, who reigned in the 18th and early

Following the Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818), Nagpur State came under British paramountcy. The Bhonsle line continued

The name Raghuji remains in use as a given name in India today.

19th
centuries.
As
rulers
of
Nagpur
State,
they
administered
territories
under
the
suzerainty
of
the
Maratha
confederacy
and
the
Peshwas,
carried
out
revenue
reforms,
fortifications,
and
patronage
of
arts
and
religion,
and
navigated
alliances
and
conflicts
with
neighboring
powers.
Their
administration
contributed
to
the
consolidation
of
Nagpur's
status
as
a
princely
state
within
the
Maratha
orbit.
as
a
princely
state
within
British
India
until
India’s
independence
in
1947,
when
it
acceded
to
the
Union.