Shivchatrapati

'The Museum of Western India composition. The real reason why it is so, is because it was instructed that the design should be indian in character...' ~George Wittet Founded in the early 1900s, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya is one of the premier cultural institutions in the country. On 14th August 1905, a number of prominent people of Bombay gathered at the Town Hall and resolved to erect a Memorial to the visit of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) in the form of a public Museum which, would be named after him. The meeting was attended by Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, Justice Badrudin Tyabji, Narotamdas Gokuldas, Justice Chandavarkar, Sassoon J. David and many other dignitaries known for their outstanding contribution in their respective fields and also in the development of the island of Bombay. The Foundation Stone of the Museum was laid by the Prince of Wales on 11th November 1905 and the Museum was named Prince of Wales Museum of Western India. For...

Shivaji, the real Maratha ruler Shivaji, the legendary Maratha  ruler  was born on February 19, 1627. He was the founder of the Maratha Empire, an empire that spread its wings across the breadth of what is now called India. Shivaji was the main driving force behind uniting the Marathas against the Muslim  rulers in India. The Maratha Empire stretched from the west  coast , from the north of Goa to as far as the Punjab in the north. Chhatrapati  Shivaji Maharaj was a OBC from the  Bhosale  dynasty who founded the  Maratha empire . Shivaji led a resistance to free the Marathas from Sultanate of Bijapur, and establish the rule of the OBC’s. He created an independent Maratha kingdom with  Raigad  as its capital, and fought against the  Mughals  to defend his kingdom successfully. He was crowned as Chhatrapati of the Maratha Kingdom in 1674. He achieved the re-establishment of OBC rule on their homeland after being ruled and...

Shivaji also known as Chhatrapati Shivaji was an Indian emperor and founder of Maratha Empire. Shivaji Maharaj was a brave and kind emperor. He was born around 7 April, 1627 in a fort of Pune (there is a confusion about the exact date). Shivaji Maharaj His parents were Shahaji Bhosale and Jijabai. His father was a Mercenary of Bijapur sultan. His Guru Dadoji Kondeo was a friend of Shahaji. His  mother and his guru transferred the idea of Hindavi Swarajya (an empire which will be ruled by Hindu king and not by Muslim king) to him. From childhood he was a brave boy and showed the qualities of a ruler. He had great interest in religious teachings. He studied Ramayana and Mahabharata with great interest. His first attack was on the Torna fort. He captured the fort only at an age of 16. After capturing Torna fort, he captured Kondana and Rajgad forts. At the rise of Shivaji’s power Bijapur sultan arrested his father. Shivaji captured the forts of Purander and Javeli after resc...

Shivaji See also:  Shivaji and the Politics of History Shivaji Bhonsle, venerated in Maharashtra as the father of “the Maratha nation”, was born in 1627 into a family of Maratha bureaucrats. His father, Shahji, was the jagirdar of the Sultan of Ahmadnagar in Pune, but he shifted his allegiance to the Sultan of Bijapur; Shivaji’s mother, Jiji Bai, was devoted to her son, particularly after her husband took a second wife. This was not the only time that Shahji shifted his loyalties: when the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan decided to lead his forces into the Deccan, Shahji decided to accept the offer of a mansabdari from Shah Jahan. However, upon the emperor’s retreat in 1632, Shahji decided to accept once again the suzerainty of the Sultan of Ahmadnagar. However, the Sultan of Ahmadnagar was taken captive by the Mughal army in 1633, and though Shahji struggled valiantly to retain his political independence, he succumbed to the combined forces of the Mughal Emperor and the Sultan o...

                                                   छत्रपती शिवाजी  महाराज  Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was the founder of the Maratha Empire in western India. He is considered to be one of the greatest warriors of his time and even today, stories of his exploits are narrated as a part of the folklore. King Shivaji used the guerrilla tactics to capture a part of, the then, dominant Mughal empire. Read this biography to get more information on the warrior and his life history: Early Life Shivaji was born on 19th February 1630, to Sahaji and his wife, Jijabai, in the Shivneri Fort, situated almost 60 km to the north of Pune. He was named as Shiva, after the local Goddess Shivai, to whom his mother Jijabai had prayed for a son. After being defeated by the combined forces of the Mughals and Adil Shah, Sahaji was offered a jagir near the present-day Ba...

छत्रपती शिवाजीराजे भोसले (१९ फेब्रुवारी १६३० ते ३ एप्रिल १६८०), मराठी साम्राज्याचे संस्थापक उत्कृष्ट योद्धा, आदर्श शासनकर्ता , सर्वसमावेशक, सहिष्णू राजा म्हणून भारतीय आणि विशेषत्वाने महाराष्ट्रीय इतिहासावर महत्वपूर्ण ठसा उमटवला. मराठी साम्राज्याचे संस्थापक आणि एक आदर्श शासनकर्ता म्हणून ओळखले जाणारे छत्रपती शिवाजीराजे भोसलेएक सर्वसमावेशक, सहिष्णू राजा म्हणून महाराष्ट्रात आणि इतरत्रही वंदिले जातात. शत्रूविरुद्ध लढ्याकरतामहाराष्ट्रातल्या डोंगर-दर्‍यांमधे अनुकूल असलेली गनिमी काव्याची पद्धत वापरून त्यांनी तत्कालीन विजापूरचीआदिलशाही, अहमदनगरची निजामशाही आणि बलाढ्य मुघल साम्राज्यशाही ह्यांच्याशी लढा दिला, आणि मराठी साम्राज्याचे बीजारोपण केले. आदिलशाही, निजामशाही आणि मुघलसाम्राज्य बलाढ्य असली तरी महाराष्ट्रात त्यांची सगळी भीस्त स्थानिक सरदारांवर आणि किल्लेदारांवर होती. ते सरदार/ किल्लेदार जनतेवर अन्याय-अत्याचार करत असत. शिवाजीमहाराजांनी त्या अन्याय-अत्याचारातून जनतेची ...

THIS IS THE REAL GREAT KING WHO FIGHTS FOR REAL FREEDOM.this is the great king in the state maharastra in india .he fights aginst mughal,