‘The want of a complete history of the rise, progress and the decline of our ‘immediate predecessors’ in conquest, has long been felt by all the persons conversant with the affairs in India...’ This opening line of James Grant Duff’s book ‘A history of Mahrattas’ firmly states that British affirmed their supremacy over Entire India after defeating Marathas and not Mughals. The rise, glory and fall of Maratha empire in the 18th and early 19th century, was an eventful era. And the place which has seen it all is, ’Shaniwar Wada’, The Palace of Peshwas.. Situated on the bank of River Mutha in Pune, Shaniwar Wada was at the helm of political, financial, social, religious, Strategic and cultural activities in India for most of the 18th century, making it the absolute power centre of that period.. From victorious Campaigns of Peshwa Bajirao 1 to great debacle at the Third battle of Panipat, From resurgence of Maratha empire during the reign of Peshwa Madhavrao to absolute supremacy across India under Nana Phadanvis and Mahadji Scindia, Shaniwar Wada has witnessed extraordinary decades.. This epicentre of Maratha Empire is Pride of India.