Jagjivan Rao Pant Pratinidhi (also known as Dadoba) served as Pratinidhi (Chief Delegate) during Chhatrapati Shahu I reign. He was the younger brother of Shripatrao Pant Pratinidhi. He succeeded as Pratinidhi after the death of his brother in 1691 at the age of fifty-five.
Jagjivan Rao, was born in 1691, the fourth son of Parshuram Pant Pratinidhi.