Ramchandra Pant Amatya
Shreemant Peshwa Amatya Ramchandra Pant Bavdekar | |
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Bust of Ramchandra Pant Amatya | |
| Amatya of the Maratha Empire | |
| In office 6 June 1674 – 1689 | |
| Monarchs | Shivaji I Sambhaji |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Bahiroji Pingale |
| 3rd Peshwa of the Maratha Empire | |
| In office 11 March 1689 – 1708 | |
| Monarchs | Sambhaji Rajaram Shivaji II Shahu I |
| Preceded by | Moreshvar Pingale |
| Succeeded by | Bahiroji Pingale |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ramchandra Neelkanth Bawadekar 1650 Kolwan, Ahmadnagar, Mughal Empire (modern day Maharashtra, India) |
| Died | February 1716 Panhala, Maratha Confederacy (modern day Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India) |
| Spouse | Janakibai |
Ramchandra Neelkanth Bawadekar (1650–1716), also known as Ramchandra Pant Amatya, served on the Council of 8 (Ashta Pradhan) as the Finance Minister (Amatya) to King (Chhatrapati) Shivaji, dating from 1674 to 1680. He then served as the Royal Regent to four later kings, namely Sambhaji, Rajaram, Shivaji II and Sambhaji II. He authored the Adnyapatra, a famous code of civil and military administration, and is renowned as one of the greatest civil administrators, political thinkers, diplomats and military strategists of the Maratha Empire.