Know Your City: Pune's first church came about as a gratitude gesture from Peshwa to Portuguese soldiers: The land on which the city church was built in 1792 was gifted by the then Peshwa Sawai Madhavrao II in appreciation of the services of the Portuguese soldiers enlisted in his army. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/know-your-city-punes-first-church-gratitude-gesture-from-peshwa-to-portuguese-7689786/ ᐧ
