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In 1857 there was a struggle against a political family from Peth in Nashik district. Devaji Raut's struggle against the British East India Company was important. The incident of 1857 known as 'Peth Disturbances' was led by Bhagwantrao, the chief of Peth. This incident caused serious cP.P. Gokhale, V.D. Divekar, Dr. Govind Gare, Dr. Saral Dharankar, a scholar from Maharashtra, has written about the 1857 Peth conflict in Nashik district from a nationalist point of view. V.D. Savarkar wrote that the struggle of 1857 was a war of independence. Devaji Raut was the village head (Patil) of Malegaon in Peth tehsil. He was empowered to collect revenue on behalf of a political family from Peth in Nashik district of Maharashtra. He took part in this struggle because of restrictions on his authority due to British policies.onfusion in Peth. (Bombay Gazetteer) The result of this regional revolt was claimed to be a reflection of the influence of nationalism. Both Devaji Raut and Bhagwantrao were tribal leaders. The struggle was crushed. The British tried to suppress it by violence. Bhagwantrao along with about fifteen of his followers were hanged at Nashik on 19 December 1857. (Bombay Gazetteer) Devaji Raut was hanged on 08 January 1858. (Divekar, 2002:224).