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Śivaji
Śivaji or Shivaji , 1627-80, Indian ruler, leader of the Marathas . The son of a Maratha chieftain, he was imbued from early childhood with hatred of the Mughal empire, which controlled most of India. From his capital at Pune he made guerrilla attacks on the Muslim kingdom of Bijapur and g... Read more

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Shivaji
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Shivaji The Indian military leader Shivaji (1627-1680) fought the Mogul Empire to establish a Maratha kingdom free from Mogul domination. Shivaji was the son of Shahji Bonsale, a kingmaker in the Moslem kingdoms...
Marathas
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...the seventeenth-century. Their hero, Shivaji (1627 – 80) is known for uniting...Marathas against Muslim rulers in India. Shivaji carved out a Maratha kingdom in the Konkan...FOLKLORE The greatest Maratha hero is Shivaji (1627 – 80), who is known...
Maratha
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...independent. One such successful revolt was that of Shivaji, a Maratha prince who fought against his Muslim...Moguls, succumbed to the guerrilla attacks of Shivaji's light infantry and cavalry. Shivaji's military success also depended to a great...
Mumbai (Bombay)
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities ...Victoria Terminus (now called Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) and Mumbai Central, carrying...Airport (recently renamed the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport), on Salsette...Cruz Airport (also renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Airport), which shares the same...
Śivaji
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Śivaji or Shivaji , 1627-80, Indian ruler, leader of the Marathas . The son of a Maratha chieftain...biographies by V. B. Kulkarni (1963) and K. L. Mahaley (1969); J. Sarkar, Shivaji and his Times (5th ed. 1952).
Mahar
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...importance to the everyday world of that time. In the seventeenth century, Mahars were part of the armies of the Maratha king Shivaji, and in the late eighteenth century and the nineteenth Century, Mahars joined the British armed forces and served until the...
Chitpavan Brahman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...appointment of Balaji Vishwanath Bhat as peshwa (prime minister) to Shahu, the grandson of the founder of the Maratha Kingdom, Shivaji. Balaji raised the office of the peshwa to de facto rule of the Maratha Empire, and from 1713 until their defeat by the British...

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Shivaji
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Shivaji (or Sivaji ) (1627–80) Indian raja of the Marathas (1674...India, inflicting a crushing defeat on the army of the sultan of Bijapur. Shivaji was later captured by the Mogul emperor Aurangzeb, but escaped in 1666...
Maratha
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...in central India. The Marathas rose in rebellion against the Muslim Moguls and in 1674 established their own kingdom under the leadership of Shivaji. They came to dominate southern and central India but were later subdued by the British.
Sivaji
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Sivaji See SHIVAJI .

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The battle for Shivaji ; Plans for a memorial on the Maratha hero run into trouble as political parties jostle for gains.
Newspaper article from: India Today; 7/6/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...able to boast of a towering Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj memorial. That's the gift the...setting up a Hindu empire in the state, Shivaji espoused the ideology of Hindavi Swaraj...warfare. For centuries after his death, Shivaji has caught the attention of historians...
COMMEMORATING THE "GOLDEN AGE" OF SHIVAJI IN MAHARASHTRA, INDIA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAHARASHTRIAN PUBLIC POLITICS
Magazine article from: Journal of Political and Military Sociology; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...the commemoration of the seventeenth-century king Shivaji was instrumental in the development of public politics...years after his death, there was a growing interest in Shivaji. Shivaji's legacy was drafted for use in political debates...
The forgotten heroes ; Almost four centuries after Shivaji and his soldiers did themselves proud against Aurangzeb's armies, their descendants are waiting for these warriors to get their rightful place in history.
Newspaper article from: India Today; 9/14/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...Behind the massive walls were Chhatrapati Shivaji's soldiers led by Murar Baji, a Kayastha...Chavan Himmat Bahadur, Kanhoji Jedhe and Shivaji's son-in-law Harji Rajemahadik repeatedly...They captured many Mughal generals till Shivaji's death in 1680, after which Aurangzeb...
Shivaji statue proposal welcomed by Mumbaikars
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 6/4/2008; 700+ words ; ...decision to install a 300-feet statue of Shivaji in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai has been...memory of the great leader Chhatrapati Shivaji". "However, merely installing the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji is not enough. The government must also...
'Shivaji was my passion since childhood'
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/27/2005; 700+ words ; ...to Agra on foot, the same route which Shivaji had taken to escape from the Mughal court...studied the life and times of Chhatrapati Shivaji. And it also proves why he created the...interested in the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji, though that can be said about any Marathi...
Mumbai to get 'Statue of Shivaji', one that'll eclipse Statue of Liberty.
Newspaper article from: Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman); 6/4/2008; 700+ words ; ...erect a statue of warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji -- off the city's shore in the Arabian...decided to install a 309-foot-tall Shivaji statue, four feet taller than the New...installed a 159-foot-tall bronze of Shivaji riding a horse. The Statue of Liberty...
Shivaji a source of inspiration, says Army Chief.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 9/12/2007; 438 words ; Shivaji a source of inspiration, says Army Chief...fighting spirit of Maratha warrior King Shivaji has always been a source of inspiration...platinum jubilee function of the All India Shivaji Memorial Society which also runs a military...
Mah Govt agrees on place for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's memorial.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 5/21/2009; 700+ words ; ...construct a grand memorial of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the Arabian Sea off the Girgaum...memorial will consist of a 309 ft statue of Shivaji Maharaj, a grand park, an auditorium...restaurants and murals on the life of Shivaji Maharaj, acongnich a helipad. The ruling...
The Show Just Goes On An epic drama based on Shivaji's life has been playing in and out of India for the past 21 years
Newspaper article from: India Today; 12/11/2006; ; 570 words ; ...the life of the Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji, being staged since 1985. The three...a unique theatrical representation of Shivaji's life and times. Huge reversible sets...glory, the mega drama traces the life of Shivaji from the days of Muslim rule in Deccan...
Shivaji book co-author gets cop protection
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 1/30/2006; 388 words ; ...James Laine's controversial book on Shivaji. As talks that he may be attacked was...Laine's controversial book, 'Epic of Shivaji' which was banned by the Maharashtra...for "misleading foreign historians" on Shivaji's history. Bahulkar had also provided...