Match List - I with List - II:

List - I (Offices of Ashta Pradhan)                                                                         List - II (Ministers Under Shivaji)
(A) Peshwa                                                                                                              (I) Annaji Datto
(B) Mazumdar (Amatya)                                                                                        (II) Dattaji Trimbak
(C) Surnis (Sachiv)                                                                                                 (III) Moro Trimbak Pingle
(D) Waqenavis                                                                                                        (IV) Ram Chandra Nilkanth

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct option is D

(A) Peshwa corresponds to Moro Trimbak Pingle. 

(B) Mazumdar (Amatya) corresponds to Ram Chandra Nilkanth.

(C) Surnis (Sachiv) corresponds to Annaji Datto.

(D) Waqenavis corresponds to Dattaji Trimbak.

Information Booster:

Shivaji's administration was a well-organized system with a central government and provincial divisions. He established a council of eight ministers, known as the Ashta Pradhan, to advise him on state matters. The system was based on principles of efficiency, justice, and the welfare of the people, with innovative practices like the Kathi system and compassionate revenue collection. He had a council of ministers to advise him on matters related to the state but he was not bound by it. Appointment or dismissal powers were in his hand and the appointment was subject to the efficiency of them. The Peshwa was the first among ministers. Peshwa meant the leader or the senior one.
Those eight powerful officials were:
Peshwa: The King’s Prime Minister
Amatya or Majumdar: Finance Minister
Waq-i-Nawis: Home Minister
Dabir or Sumant: Work of the foreign department
Sachiv: The official correspondence
Pandit Rao: He was a religious officer
Sar-i-Naubat or Senapati: The army affairs
Nyayadhish: The chief justice