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During the sack of Surat in 1664, Shivaji was approached by Ambrose, a Capuchin friar who asked him to spare the city's Christians. Shivaji left the Christians untouched, saying "the Frankish Padrys are good men." [164] Shivaji was not attempting to create a universal Hindu rule. He was tolerant of different religions and believed in syncretism.
In March 1996, the station's name was officially changed from "Victoria Terminus" to "Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus" (with station code CST) after Shivaji, the 17th-century warrior king and the first Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire who founded the state in the western Marathi-speaking regions of the Deccan Plateau. [9] [10] [11]
Rajgad (literal meaning ruling fort) is a Hill region fort situated in the Pune district of Maharashtra, India.Formerly known as Murumbdev, the fort was the first capital of the Maratha Empire under the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for almost 26 years, after which the capital was moved to the Raigad Fort. [1]
Shivaji (1630–1680) was a Maratha aristocrat of the Bhonsle clan and was the founder of the Maratha state. [25] Shivaji led a resistance against the Sultanate of Bijapur in 1645 by winning the fort Torna, followed by many more forts, placing the area under his control and establishing Hindavi Swarajya (self-rule of Hindu people [24]).
Early Maratha conquests, in Shivaji's and Shahji's time. The Marathas began constructing forts as early as the 15th and 16th centuries, but the system reached its peak under Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1627–1680). Shivaji recognized the strategic importance of forts in his campaign against the Mughals and other regional powers. The forts ...
Shivaji I Chhatrapati (1) r. 1674-1680: Vyankoji I Raja of Thanjavur r. 1675-1684: Thanjavur Branch: Sambhaji I Chhatrapati (2) r. 1681-1689: Tarabai: Rajaram I Chhatrapati (3) r. 1689-1700: Shahu I Chhatrapati (5) r. 1707-1749: Shivaji II Chhatrapati (4) r. 1700-1707 Raja of Kolhapur r. 1710-1714: Sambhaji II Raja of Kolhapur r. 1714-1760 ...
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was the founder of the Maratha Empire. He was born in the Bhonsle clan in 1630. [51] Shivaji carved out an enclave from the declining Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur that formed the seed of the Maratha Empire.
Shivaji II: 9 June 1696 1700–1707, 1710–1714 (Kolhapur State) 14 March 1726 Sambhaji II: 1698 1714–1760 18 December 1760 Shivaji III: 1756 22 September 1762 – 24 April 1813 24 April 1813 Sambhaji III: 1801 24 April 1813 – 2 July 1821 2 July 1821 Shivaji IV: 1816 July 2, 1821 – Jan 03 1822 January 3, 1822 Shahaji I: 22 January 1802