Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Shivaji confined his son to Panhala Fort in 1678, only to have the prince escape with his wife and defect to the Mughals for a year. Sambhaji then returned home, unrepentant, and was again confined to Panhala Fort. [146] 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 ...
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:
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]
The siege of Jinji, (September 1690–8 January 1698), began when the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb appointed Zulfiqar Ali Khan as the Nawab of the Carnatic and dispatched him to besiege and capture Jinji Fort, which had been sacked and captured by Maratha Empire troops led by Rajaram, they had also ambushed and killed about 300 Mughal Sowars in the Carnatic.
After Shivaji's death, Sambhaji escaped from the Panhala fort and proclaimed himself king, eliminating all of Shivaji's ministers who opposed his succession. [4] 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.
In retaliation, Aurangzeb put Shivaji under house arrest, which Shivaji escaped from by feigning illness. Shivaji then kept a low profile for some years until Aurangzeb turned his focus to campaigns in the Punjab and elsewhere in the North. Jai Singh died at Burhanpur, and a weaker prince, Muazzam, became governor of the Deccan. Shivaji then ...
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.
Shivaji's famous Bhavani and Firangi swords were of Portuguese origin. [ citation needed ] However, his expansionist successor Sambhaji , wanted to check the Portuguese by constructing forts at strategic locations, such as the island of Anjediva , off the coast of present-day North Canara ; and Parsik Hill in modern-day New Bombay .