 After Chand Sultan's death in 1739, struggles over his succession led to the intervention of the Maratha leader Raghoji Bhonsle, who governed neighboring Berar in the name of the "Peshwa" of the Maratha Empire.The Gond kingdom was annexed to the Maratha empire, and ruled by Raghoji's successors.The Bhonsle kingdom was defeated the British in the Anglo-Maratha Wars, and became a princely state of British India.