Raghunathrao's men killed the 17-year-old Peshwa in his palace, his widow bore a son who took the throne back, and Pune says the boy still cries for his uncle

Kind 1 and kind 2. The Peshwa Madhavrao I died of tuberculosis in 1772 and was succeeded by his brother Narayanrao, aged 17. Their uncle Raghunathrao, next in line, had been held in confinement. On 30 August 1773, the last day of the Ganesh festival, Sumer Singh Gardi, commander of the palace guard, entered Shaniwar Wada with his men and killed Narayanrao and about ten servants. Popular accounts say Raghunathrao's written order was to "hold" the Peshwa and his wife Anandibai changed one letter to make it "kill"; this is a legend. Raghunathrao became Peshwa. The chief justice, Ram Shastri, named him the main culprit. Narayanrao's widow, Gangabai, was pregnant. On 18 April 1774 she gave birth to a son, Madhavrao II, and ministers led by Nana Phadnavis proclaimed him Peshwa when he was 40 days old. Raghunathrao fled toward Surat. Three of the killers were sentenced to death. Accounts say Raghunathrao's son Bajirao II, the last Peshwa, planted mango trees and gave gifts to Brahmins to appease Narayanrao's ghost^†. The legend says Narayanrao's cry for his uncle is heard on full-moon nights. The palace burned in 1827 or 1828, and the Archaeological Survey of India has held the ruins since 1919.