Chatrapati Shahu, who had a secular outlook in order to broaden the base of his Peshwa administration (avoiding capture of all posts by any particular community), arranged Radhikabai's marriage to Vishwasrao, eldest son of Nanasaheb Peshwa, as one of the preconditions for making the Peshwa post hereditary.
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In May 1758, when Radhikabai was 13, she and her aunt Parvatibai left Deccan along with their entourage to go to Kurukshetra to perform a religious pilgrimage.