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Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati (born 11 February 1971) is an Indian politician, who served as the member in the upper house of the Parliament of India. [1] He is heir to Kolhapur royal family as the 13th direct descendant of the Maratha king, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and great-great-grandson of Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu of Kolhapur; [2] both were educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot a ...
The picture of Shivaji that we know today in our minds is due to the research of historian Bendrey, not only did this research put to rest the question as to how Shivaji looked but it also gave the Maharashtrian community a sense of identity. He also authored 2 books on Shivaji that was finally published in 1970. [8] [9]
Shahu II [1] (born 7 January 1948) is the 12th descendant of Shivaji [2] and the great-grandson of Shahu I of Kolhapur and the son and heir to Shahaji II of Kolhapur.He is the current Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Kolhapur constituency and is a member Indian National Congress.
Shivaji was born in the hill-fort of Shivneri, near Junnar, which is now in Pune district. Scholars disagree on his date of birth; the Government of Maharashtra lists 19 February as a holiday commemorating Shivaji's birth (Shivaji Jayanti). [a] [26] [27] Shivaji was named after a local deity, the Goddess Shivai Devi. [28] [29]
Shivaji was not a Rajput and the sole purpose of the lineage was to guarantee Shivaji's consecration as a Kshatriya, in a tactic that had clear parallels to Rajputisation. [ 17 ] [ h ] Jadunath Sarkar deemed that the genealogy was cleverly fabricated by Balaji Awji and after some reluctance accepted by Gaga Bhatt, who in turn was "rewarded with ...
Although Shivaji came from the Maratha community, the Maratha government also included warriors, administrators, and other nobles from the Maratha and several other Marathi groups from what is known today as Maharashtra. [19] Shivaji's monarchy was initially referred to as the Maratha Kingdom, [20] [11] which expanded into a large realm in the ...
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All Peshwas during the rule of Shivaji, Sambhaji and Rajaram belonged to Marathi Deshastha Brahmin community. [1] [2] The first Peshwa was Moropant Pingle, who was appointed as the head of the Ashta Pradhan (council of eight ministers) by Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Kingdom. The initial Peshwas were all ministers who served as the chief ...