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Moropant Trimbak Pingle (? - 1683, also known as Moropant Peshwā) was the first Peshwā (Prime Minister) in the court of Shivāji, who founded the Marāthā empire in western India.
In 1647, Moropant joined the efforts of Shivaji in establishing the Maratha kingdom. He was one of the warriors who participated in the successful 1659 battle of Shivaji's forces against the forces of Vijāpur's Ādil Shāh which immediately followed the killing of Adilshah's general Afzalkhān by Shivaji during their one-on-one meeting at Jāwali. He also participated in the battles at the Trimbakeshwar Fort and at Wāni-Dindori against the Mughal forces. He participated in Shivaji's invasion of Surat in 1664.
Moropant introduced sound revenue administration in Shivaji's regime, and played an important role in resource planning concerning defenses and maintenance of strategic forts. He was responsible for the construction of Pratapgad. At the time of Shivaji's death, Moropant Pingle was working as a supervisor to control fort development activity in Nashik District for Salher-Mulher Forts. He also participated along with Sambhaji in the battle of Burhanpur during 1681.
Moropant died in 1683, three years after Shivaji.
Conspiracy against Chatrapati Sambhaji
Moropant wanted to establish his control over the Maratha Kingdom . He conspired against Chatrapati Sambhaji . He tried to poison Sambhaji two times before he was caught by loyalist of Chatrapati Sambhji . He was of view that Sambhaji had broken the rules of Manusmriti and hence should be killed. However in his third attempt , Sambhaji ordered execution of Moropant , by giving his head under the feet of Elephant.
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