Life Story of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

                     Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1630-1680)

🐎Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha Clan. He was born in the hill-fort of Shivneri, near the city of Junnar in what is now Pune District. Shivaji was named after a local deity, the goddess Shivai. Shivaji's father Shahaji Bhonsle was a Maratha general who served the Deccan Sultanates.

🐎 The period of 17th century was an era of chaos and general discontent among the Hindu population of Deccan. People desired that there must be a savior  who could eliminate the injustice and promise them the land to call their own. The liberator armed with the concept of Hindavi Swarajya arosed. History knows him as “The Great Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj”.

🐎Starting from a small Jagir, he built a powerful kingdom from the declining Adilshahi Sultanate of Bijapur and fought against the Mughals as well as the foreign powers. The Marathas, under the leadership of Shivaji Maharaj, consolidated their territories during the Mughal-Maratha Wars pioneering the guerrilla warfare methods and later controlled a large part of the Indian subcontinent.

🐎At the age of 15, he seized the Torna Fort and gradually started annexing the neglected forts of Adilshahi in the vicinity of Pune.

🐎 His next target was Raigad which was formerly known as Murumbadevacha Dongar.  After a period of time this fort became an important part of Shivaji's contest.

🐎For the next couple of decades, he successfully tackled the two mightiest dynasties- The Adilshahi in the South and The Mughals in the North.

🐎Step by step Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj secured the forts in the Western Ghats and Konkan coast.

30 PAISA STAMP

🐎In 1961, Indian post issued a 15 Naya paisa
commemorative stamp of Shivaji riding a horse. Another stamp was issued of Shivaji coronation or ‘Rajya-Abhishek in 1974. A 30 paisa stamp depicts Shivaji as a regal and just ruler against the backdrop of Raigad Fort.

CORONATION OF SHIVAJI

15 NAYA PAISA

🐎Shivaji Maharaj established a competent and progressive civil rule with the help of a disciplined military and well-structured administrative organizations. He also introduced new military tactics which pioneered guerrilla warfare methods. 

🐎The coronation of Shivaji took place on the 13th day (Trayodashi) of the first fortnight of the month of Jyeshtha on 6th June 1674 at Raigad Fort. Shivaji formally assumed the title of a king and became the first Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire. As a symbol of sovereignty, the Rajyaabhisheka Shaka (The Coronation Era) was started.

🐎In less than 40 years, Shivaji Maharaj consolidated a kingdom so powerful that it acted as a strong plinth for the Maratha Empire that rose during the early 18th century.

🐎 One of the greatest quality of Shivaji was that while his head always looked up to the sky, his feet were always firmly entrenched on the ground. This was all it took for a hero to be born.

Hope you like this blog and found it interesting and knowledegable. These are some of the main incidents of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's life.

Thankyou

Anshu