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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]
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 ...
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]
By 1670s, Shivaji had acquired extensive territory and wealth from his campaigns. [5] [11] But, lacking a formal crown, he had no operational legitimacy to rule his de facto domain and technically, remained subject to his Mughal (or Deccan Sultanate) overlords; in the hierarchy of power, Shivaji's position remained similar to fellow Maratha chieftains.
Ramchandra Pant was born in a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family in approximately 1650. He was the youngest son of Neelkanth Sondeo Bahutkar (more popularly known as Nilo Sondeo), who had risen from a local revenue collection post to the post of Minister in the court of Shivaji. His family came from the village of Kolwan; near Kalyan Bhiwandi ...
Adnyapatra, also pronounced as ‘Ajnapatra’, is a royal edict on the principles of Maratha policy written in Modi Marathi by Ramchandra Pant Amatya, who served on the Council of 8 (Ashta Pradhan) as the Finance Minister (Amatya) to Maratha King Shivaji, [1] with intention to guide Shivaji’s grandson Sambhaji II.
Shivaji's own Bhosale family came to prominence later then these families. In his quest for swarajya , he had to fight, or subdue these families using a variety of strategies. One of them included killing of Chandrarao More , a fellow Maratha feudatory of Bijapur, and seizing the valley of Javali , near the present-day hill station of ...
Shiledars commonly belongs to many of clans in maratha caste."Shiledar Royal family" is the descendants of Shinde, Phalke and Bhoite families. Shiledar royal family settled in Derde-korhale (Kopargaon, Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra) after which the descendants distributed in many of places like Nashik, Pune, Kokan etc.