A fact from Ramshastri Prabhune appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 July 2006. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Ram Shastri, celebrated 18th-century judge in the Maratha Empire, created judicial history in India by sentencing the incumbent Peshwa (de facto ruler) to death on a charge of murder? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/July.

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I believe the article should include some background on how the the justice system was organized under Maratha rule. Ram Shastri gave death sentence to Raghunathrao Peshwa. Do we know how the trial was conducted ? what evidence was presented ? Jonathansammy ( talk) 19:47, 18 July 2013 (UTC) reply