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After Shivaji's death, ... [234] [235] The Prince of Wales Museum, which is devoted to Indian history, was renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya. [234]
The execution of Sambhaji was a significant event in 17th-century Deccan India, where the second Maratha King was put to death by order of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.The conflicts between the Mughals and the Deccan Sultanates, which resulted in the downfall of the Sultanates, paved the way for tensions between the Marathas and the Mughals.
[12]: 48 Shivaji's widow and Sambhaji's stepmother, Soyarabai after her husband's death installed the couple's ten-year-old son, Rajaram, on the throne on 21 April 1680. [3]: 91 Upon hearing this news, Sambhaji plotted his escape and took possession of the Panhala fort on 27 April after killing the fort commander.
The Deccan wars were a series of military conflicts between the Mughal Empire and the descendants of the Maratha ruler Shivaji from the time of Shivaji's death in 1680 until the death of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707. [3] Shivaji was a central figure in what has been called "the Maratha insurgency" against the Mughal state. [4]
Tukabai, the stepmother of Shivaji and paternal aunt of Soyarabai, insisted on the marriage. After the death of Saibai in 1659 and Jijabai in 1674, Soyarabai gained prominence in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's family and, by extension, in the politics of the Maratha court. [4] Soyrabai bore Shivaji two children: a daughter Balibai and son Rajaram.
In 1682, two years after the death of Shivaji, Sambhaji started arming & fortifying the border along Portuguese territories. The concerned Portuguese then aligned themselves with the Moghals . Their concern materialised in a series of Maratha raids on Goa , Bombay & other parts of the Konkan region.
According to a doubtful narrative in Tarikh-i-Shivaji, Shahaji had developed a deep dislike for Jijabai's father Lakhuji Jadhav. After the death of his eldest son Sambhaji (or Shambhuji) at Kanakagiri in 1654, he declared that Shivaji - his surviving son from Lakhuji's daughter - would be no good. He then deserted Jijabai and Shivaji. [38]
After Saibai's untimely death in 1659 followed by Jijabai's death in 1674, Shivaji's private life became clouded with anxiety and unhappiness. [13] Although Soyarabai had gained prominence in the royal household following their deaths, she was not an affectionate consort like Saibai, whom Shivaji had dearly loved. [14]