Ramaswami Amarasimha Bhonsle
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Amar Singh or Ramaswami Amarasimha Bhonsle (Marathi
: रामस्वामी अमरसिंह भोसले) was the younger son of the Maratha Raja of Thanjavur Pratapasimha and served as the regent
soon after the death of his brother Thuljaji II and ruled Thanjavur in the name of Thuljaji's minor son Serfoji II
from 1787 to 1793. In 1793, he usurped the throne after deposing the boy-King Serfoji and ruled as the absolute ruler of Thanjavur from 1793 to 1798.
He is said to have been very generous and to have gifted vast amounts of land to learned men. He resisted attempts by the British to seize the kingdom right until the time of his death in 1798.
He showed interest in Telugu and Sanskrit dramas. Mathru Boothana was a famous poet in his court and he composed parijatapahavanam, which bears similarity to Kuchupudi Dance.
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
: रामस्वामी अमरसिंह भोसले) was the younger son of the Maratha Raja of Thanjavur Pratapasimha and served as the regent
Regent
A regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu...
soon after the death of his brother Thuljaji II and ruled Thanjavur in the name of Thuljaji's minor son Serfoji II
Serfoji II
Serfoji II was the last ruler of the Maratha principality of Tanjore to exercise absolute sovereignty over his dominions. His descendants, however, have managed to thrive as titular Maharajahs of Thanjavur to the present day...
from 1787 to 1793. In 1793, he usurped the throne after deposing the boy-King Serfoji and ruled as the absolute ruler of Thanjavur from 1793 to 1798.
He is said to have been very generous and to have gifted vast amounts of land to learned men. He resisted attempts by the British to seize the kingdom right until the time of his death in 1798.
He showed interest in Telugu and Sanskrit dramas. Mathru Boothana was a famous poet in his court and he composed parijatapahavanam, which bears similarity to Kuchupudi Dance.