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Jijabai Shahaji Bhonsale (née Jadhav; 12 January 1598 – 17 June 1674 [2]), referred to as Rajmata Jijabai, was the mother of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Kingdom. [3] [4] She was a daughter of Lakhujirao Jadhav of Sindkhed Raja. [5]
Shivaji died around 3–5 April 1680 at the age of 50, [147] on the eve of Hanuman Jayanti. The cause of Shivaji's death is disputed. British records states that Shivaji died of bloody flux, after being sick for 12 days. [g] In a contemporary work in Portuguese, in the Biblioteca Nacional de Lisboa, the recorded cause of death of Shivaji is ...
Her swift and calculated attack inflicted heavy losses on the Maratha army, forcing them to return the cattle. This defeat enraged Shivaji Maharaja, who deemed it a dishonor as a Kshatriya, prompting him to dispatch a larger force under General Dadaji to challenge the Belawadi army. [7] [13] Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his Maratha army.
After Shivaji's death, Sambhaji escaped from the Panhala fort and proclaimed himself king, eliminating all of Shivaji's ministers who opposed his succession. [5] Once on the throne, Sambhaji waged numerous campaigns against the Mughals, following in his father's footsteps. However, unlike Shivaji, he condoned the atrocities committed by his army.
Putalabai Bhosale was the third queen of the Maratha emperor Chhatrapati Shivaji. She was from Palkar Family [citation needed] and married Shivaji in 1653. [1] Putalabai had no children. She committed Sati after the death of Shivaji. [1]
Saibai died in 1659 in Rajgad Fort while Shivaji Maharaj was making preparations for his meeting with Afzal Khan at Pratapgad. She was ill from the time she gave birth to Sambhaji and her illness became serious preceding her death. Sambhaji was taken care by her trustworthy Dhaarau.
After the death of his half-brother and predecessor Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, Rajaram ruled the Maratha Kingdom from 1689 to 1700, when his first wife Jankibai was the queen consort. On Rajaram's death in March 1700, Tarabai proclaimed her infant son, Shivaji II (later known as Shivaji I of Kolhapur) as Rajaram's successor and herself as ...
Shivaji probably participated in Dadoji Kondadeo's administration of Shahji's Pune jagir. [32] During his last years, Dadoji had started issuing administrative orders in Shivaji's name. [44] When Dadoji died in 1647, Shivaji assumed the full control of his father's jagir. [41] His officers included: Appointed by Shahaji around 1639: