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The coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj 350 years ago holds immense significance in the religious, social, national, and constitutional domains of Maharashtra. Historians did not have precise information about this historic event until Bendrey discovered the Sanskrit manuscript "Shivarajabhishek Prayogah" [ 12 ] written by Gagabhatta in ...
Shivaji belonged to a Maratha family of the Bhonsle clan. [30] Shivaji's father, Shahaji Bhonsle, was a Maratha general who served the Deccan Sultanates. [31] His mother was Jijabai, the daughter of Lakhuji Jadhavrao of Sindhkhed, a Mughal-aligned sardar claiming descent from a Yadav royal family of Devagiri.
Sambhaji was married to Jivubai in a marriage of political alliance and as per Maratha custom, she took the name Yesubai. Jivubai was the daughter of Pilaji Shirke, who had entered Shivaji's service following the defeat of Deshmukh Suryaji Surve who was his previous liege. This marriage thus gave Shivaji the access of the region of Konkan ...
Shivaji's eldest son and presumptive heir, Sambhaji, was sent to the fort of Panhala by his father,due to the conflict between him and ashtpradhan mandal. [13] [14] [15] However, in December 1678 Sambhaji left the fort and defected to the Mughals for a year under a secret plan of shivaji maharaj and sambhaji raje, but then returned home when he learnt of a plan by Dilir Khan, the Mughal ...
Sambhaji Shahaji Bhosle (1623–1655) was the elder son of Shahaji and Jijabai. He was the elder brother of Shivaji. At the time of Sambhaji's birth, Shahaji was a general in the court of Nizamshahi. Sambhaji was killed in an assault on Kanakagiri by Afzal Khan. [2]
He was the second son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the empire and younger brother of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj whom he succeeded. His eleven-year reign was marked with a constant struggle against the Mughals. He was succeeded by his infant son Shivaji II under the regentship of his Rajmata Maharani Tarabai.
Shivaji was the last Maratha ruler of Thanjavur and reigned from 1832 to 1855. As his first wife did not have any male heir, the Queen adopted her nephew, and the adoption took place after the Maharaja's (Shivaji I) death in 1855. The British did not accept this adoption and Thanjavur was annexed by them as per the provisions of the Doctrine of ...
In 1676–1677, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj made an expedition to the Carnatic to claim his portion of the jagir, also desiring to bring the whole of South India under Maratha rule. With this aim in mind, he made a treaty with Golconda , took Gingee and proceeded to Thanjavur after conquering all the lands north of the Coleroon river.