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	Shivaji Summary
		Shivaji was born in 1630, in the Shivneri Fort 60 kilometers north of Pune.
		Shahaji's failed attempts at political independence, his exceptional military capabilities and achievements, his knowledge of Sanskrit, Hindu ethos and patronage of the arts, his war strategies and peacetime diplomacy, all have inspired him.
		Shahaji's vision and Jijabai's motivation and military commanders able training were the greatest influences that groomed Shivaji into a brave and fearless military leader as well as a responsible administrator.
	www.bookrags.com /Shivaji (6622 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		Shahaji Bhosale was the eldest son of Maloji Bhonsale of Verul (present-day Ellora, Maharashtra).
		Shahaji groomed all his sons as good administrators and men of taste, Shivaji in the Pune region, Sambhaji in Banglore, and Vyankoji in Thanjavur region.
		Shahaji's dream of an independent kingdom was made a reality by his second son, the great Shivaji Maharaj.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Shahaji (757 words)

	Shivaji at AllExperts
		Shivaji was born in 1627, in the Shivneri Fort 60 kilometers north of Pune.
		Shahaji's failed attempts at political independence, his exceptional military capabilities and achievements, his knowledge of Sanskrit, Hindu ethos and patronage of the arts, his war strategies and peacetime diplomacy, all have inspired him.
		Shahaji's vision and Jijabai's motivation and military commanders able training were the greatest influences that groomed Shivaji into a brave and fearless military leader as well as a responsible administrator.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/sh/shivaji.htm (5157 words)

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		Shahaji attempted to build on the ruins of the Nizamshahi kingdom of Ahmednagar, but was defeated by a combined force of the Mughals and Adilshah in 1636.
		Furthermore, his mother, having lost her father and three brothers to a devious plot hatched by the Nizamshah, was biased against the perceived indifference and callousness of alien rulers toward the local population.
		Shahaji's vision, Jijabai's teachings and motivation, and the able training by military commanders such as Dadoji Kondev, Gomaji Naik, Baji Pasalkar were the main influences which groomed Shivaji into a brave and fearless military leader as well as a responsible administrator.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Shivaji (6323 words)

	The Hindu : Conquered and sold
		Clashes and fights with neighbours led to the occupation of Bangalore by the alien forces of Bijapur in 1638 A.D. But the Governor, Shahaji Bhonsle, had little time for Bangalore since he was busy with the frequent military expeditions of Adil Shah.
		After 1646, Shahaji unfortunately fell into the bad books of Adil Shah and was imprisoned for a short time in 1648.
		Shahaji was soon elevated as the Jahagirdar and reinstated in Bangalore.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mp/2002/08/01/stories/2002080100190200.htm (971 words)

	James Laine’s Controversial Book: Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India by Bhalchandrarao C. Patvardhan and Amodini ...
		Shahaji, who was practically ruling the Nizamshahi as Regent on behalf of the minor Murtaza Nizamshah, was actively engaged in fending off threats from both Shah Jehan and Adilshah, being constantly on the run as a direct result.
		Obviously, Shahaji was unable to cover all the distance to Pune on a regular basis in those uncertain times and the additional responsibility of bringing up the young Shivaji devolved upon Dadoji.
		Shahaji took another wife in Bangalore, as was customary in those days.
	www.complete-review.com /quarterly/vol5/issue1/laine1.htm (3015 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Akalkot (Site not responding. Last check: )
		1822 - 1823 Meherban Shrimant Maloji I Raje Fatehsinh Raje [Baba Sahib] Bhonsle, Raja of Ak 1823 -1857 Meherban Shrimant Shahaji II Raje Maloji Raje [Appa Sahib] Bhonsle, Raja of Akalkot
		1857 -1870 Meherban Shrimant Maloji II Raje Shahaji Raje [Buwa Sahib] Bhonsle, Raja of Akalkot
		1896 - 1923 Captain Meherban Shrimant Fatehsinhrao III Shahaji Raje Sahib Bhonsle, Raja of Akalkot
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Akalkot (469 words)

	Indian Community in New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: )
		His father, Shahaji, was a jagirdar of Adilshah and a Kunbi Kshatriya who was the sultan of Bijapur in present-day Karnataka.
		Shahaji's failed attempts at political independence, his exceptional military capabilities and achievements, his knowledge of Sanskrit, Hindu ethos and patronage of the arts, his war strategies and peacetime diplomacy, all must have inspired him.
		Shahaji's vision, Jijabai's motivation and Dadaji Konddev's able training were probably the greatest influences that groomed Shivaji into a brave and fearless military leader as well as a responsible administrator.
	www.indianbase.co.nz /Culture/Famous_People/Shivaji/1 (445 words)

	The Story of Shivaji Bhonsle
		Shivaji's ancestors belonged to the Bhosale clan of the Maratha caste and were the headmen of the villages of Hingani, Beradi and Devalgaon in the Pune District.[1] As commanders in the wars between the Mughal emperors and the kings of Nizamshahi, the Bhonsales became rich and powerful.
		Shahaji Raje maried Jijabai, the daughter of nobleman Lakhuji Jadhav, and a descendant of the Seuna Yadavas of Devagiri.
		Shahaji's vision, Jijabai's motivation, and able training by military commanders like Gomaji Naik,Baji Pasalkar and Dadoji were the greatest influences that groomed Shivaji into a brave and fearless military leader as well as a responsible administrator.
	www.lonympics.co.uk /Marathas.htm (4124 words)

	Maharashtra, Maharashtra Shivaji Empire
		Family Background of Shivaji and Early Life: Shivaji belonged to the Bhosale family and his father, Shahaji Raje, was a soldier in the battle between the Mughal and the kings of Nizamshah.
		After leaving his services Shahaji joined Adil Shah of Bijapur which was to play a very important role in the future, of carving out the Shivaji Empire.
		Shivaji, the son of Jijabai and Shahaji, born in the year 1630, was brought up in the guidance of his mother who instilled in him many qualities, required to be a leader, a good human being and an able ruler.
	www.mapsofindia.com /maps/maharashtra/geography-and-history/shivaji-empire.html (482 words)

	History of the Maharashtra and Great Maratha Rulers
		Shivaji Bhosle, founder of the Maratha empire, was born in 1627, in the fort of Shivneri, 40 miles north of Pune.
		Shahaji surrendered and his estates were returned to him.
		Soon, Shahaji put Dadaji Kondadev in charge of Pune,and as a caretaker for the Shivaji while he joined the Adilshahi in Vijapur, aprox.
	www.travelmasti.com /domestic/maharashtra/history.htm (2906 words)

	Shreeman Yogi Issue 1
		Shahaji served Adeelshah and Neezam for most of his life.
		Shahaji’s first wife — not his favorite one, due to the falling out between him and his father-in-law Maloji, was Jijabai.
		Jijabai was abandoned by Shahaji for all practical purposes.
	www.newsindia.net /Seema/SK112205_Shivaji.htm (478 words)

	DIkshitar
		Again RamaswAmi DIkshitar's gangAtarangiNi daru, mAra tAta tAra has its inspirations in some of the citra prabhandas of Shahaji which are also in the same palindromic genre.Thus the familial association and influence of the works of the mahratta kings and the court.
		Niilotpalaambaal is the consort of Tyagesa.The kamalaambaal shrine is in the southeast corner of the temple and is traditionally and ritually unconnected with the main Shrine of Tyagesa.
		Architecturally the Kamalambal shrine is dissimilar to the Tyagesa shrine and is essentially a remnant of an ancient temple dedicated to the mother goddess.
	sky.prohosting.com /~guruguha/tyagesa.htm (964 words)

	ShivShahi on the Web
		Shahaji Raje : Nizamshah transferred to Shahaji Raje the Jagir he had conferred to Maloji.
		Shahaji Raje was brave and capable man held in great respect at the court of Nizamshah.
		Shahaji Raje and Malik Amber put up a stiff resistence to the advancing forces of the Moghul Emperor and defeated them.
	members.tripod.com /~Shivshahi/sardar.html (994 words)

	Shahaji Chhatrapati Museum Maharashtra,Famous Shahaji Chhatrapati Museum,Maharashtra Famous Museums
		Shahaji Chhatrapati Museum Maharashtra,Famous Shahaji Chhatrapati Museum,Maharashtra Famous Museums
		The New Palace in Kolhapur houses the Shahaji Chhatrapati Museum- a weird array of the former Maharaja's possessions, who recently died in 1983.
		British architect Charles Mant designed the New Palace in 1881 in the Indo-Sarcenic style.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /maharashtra/museums/shahaji-chhatrapati-museum.html (151 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The ban-the-book lobby is said to have pointed to Laine’s reference to the estrangement between Shivaji’s parents, Jijabhai and Shahaji.
		For instance, James Grant Duff’s three-volume, History of the Mahrattas, first published in 1863, had clearly mentioned that Shahaji had a second wife (Tukabai) and this was the main cause of the estrangement.
		Kincaid also suggests that Shahaji wanted to ‘reform’ and ‘refine’ Shivaji, but the latter was found to have "inherited more than a fair share of his mother’s character".
	www.the-week.com /26jan22/currentevents_article5.htm (482 words)

	People Shivaji - Biographies Of Great Indians
		On a certain occasion Shahaji took his son to the court of the Sultan of Bijapur.
		Shahaji touched the ground thrice and saluted the Sultan.
		He got Shahaji captured by deceitful means; then Shahaji was brought to the Sultan’s presence and was thrown into prison.
	www.bharatadesam.com /people/shivaji.php (5246 words)

	Shivaji assumes the title of Chhatrapati - Sify.com
		He was born at the Shivneri fort to Shahaji Bhonsale and Jijabai on February 19, 1630.
		Shahaji Bhonsle was a loyal servant of the Bijapur sultanate and had a small jagir near Pune given by the Sultan.
		Shahaji bequeathed his jagir (fiefdom) of Pune and Supa, which was practically independent, to his son, Shivaji, who founded the Maratha Rajya sometimes also referred to as Hindavi Swaraj.
	sify.com /itihaas/fullstory.php?id=13374092 (1415 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal
		A team of 25 officials, along with a force from Swarupnagar police station, rushed to the village late last night.
		Shahaji, his wife Sakina Bibi, and friend Mohammad Jafar were also arrested for giving the Bangladeshis shelter.
		Our officers are probing the information that Shahaji provided during interrogation,” said the intelligence official.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1031207/asp/bengal/story_2652548.asp (412 words)

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		Jijabai was the daughter of Lakhuji Jadhavrao, a descendant of the Yadava kings of Devagiri and a powerful Sardar at the court of Nizam Shah of Ahmednagar.
		Shahaji and Jijabai spent some happy years, but it was not long before a situation developed which found Shahaji and his father-in-law Jadhavrao in opposite camps.
		Shahaji found that young Shivaji's ideas of throwing off the yoke of the emperor were conflicting with his own duties and thought it better to send him to
	nrcw.nic.in /shared/sublinkimages/133.htm (545 words)

	Culture Course Vol - IV - Shivaji ( Page 1 )
		His father was Shahaji Bhosale and his mother, Jijabai.
		When Shahaji awoke, there was a real mango on his hand.
		Shahaji named him Shivaji, because he believed he was given by God Siva.
	www.hindubooks.org /culture_course/book4/Shivaji/page1.htm (139 words)

	A letter sent to Dr. James W Laine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Unlike lax norms of familial or marital propriety that characterize 'civilized' Western societies, loose speculation about someone's ancestry is a very serious matter indeed even in contemporary Indian ethos, not to speak of conditions three centuries ago when societal sanctions must decidedly have been immensely more rigid and consequences of their transgression, all too tragic.
		Shahaji, who was practically ruling Nizamshahi as Regent on behalf of the minor Murtaza Nizamshah, was actively engaged in fending off threats from Mughals and Adilshah.
		Immediately after the fall of the Nizamshahi in 1636, Shahaji's new service in the Adilshahi took him to Bangalore, but he continued holding and administering through Dadoji Konddev, his old land titles in the Pune region.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0104/84.html (2422 words)

	Her Father Prisioner
		In the meanwhile the Mogul Emperor Shahjehan invaded the Nizam's dominions.
		Shahaji fought heroically for six months and saved the fort.
		In the midst of all this a plot was brewing against Shahaji in the Nizamshahi.
	www.freeindia.org /biographies/greatpersonalities/jijabai/page7.htm (463 words)

	Indian Princely States A-J
		1789 - 1822 Fatehsinh II Shahaji Raje Bhonsle (b.
		Apr 1823 - 1857 Shahaji II Maloji Raje Bhonsle (b.
		1870 - 31 Dec 1896 Shahaji III Maloji Raje Bhonsle (b.
	www.worldstatesmen.org /India_princes_A-J.html (2969 words)

	Weekly Online - Children's Corner (Issue 212)
		Both Shahaji Raje and Dadoji are well known in Indian history for their valor and integrity.
		He wrote to Shahaji Raje, “Please send an order to chop off the very hand, which plucked and ate his masters fruit without permission.
		When King Shahaji read the note he was stunned by the attitude of service, loyalty and degree of truthfulness present in Dadoji.
	www.sanatan.org /weekly/2004/212/childrens.htm (644 words)

	shivaji
		Shahaji Bhosle was a successful general who switched from Adil Shah of Bijapur to Nijam Shah of Ahmednagar to the Moghuls many times during his career in the early part of the 17th century.
		He kept an army of his own and at one point had declared himself to be a king.
		In @1637, Shahaji sent Jijabai and Shivaji under his minister Dadoji Kondadev's care to Pune, located in the hilly Deccan region where they were given a piece of land and a handful number of forts.
	www.hssworld.org /homepage/html/boudhik/ekatmata_stotra/shivaji.html (892 words)

	Laine Apologizes to Court (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The division bench of Justice S. Radhakrishnan and Justice R. Mohite remarked that it was in favor of a compromise with a view to ending the violence over the book.
		Historical evidence suggests that Shahaji was Shivaji's biological father and that is also my view.
		The division bench of Justice S Radhakrishnan and Justice R S Mohite remarked that it was in favour of a compromise with a view to ending the violence over the book.
	jitnasa.india-forum.com /Docs/Laine_crawls.html (454 words)

	Sambhaji: Indian Gallery: Great Heroes: Paintings - Art of Legend India Product Gallery
		Early in his childhood, Shahaji sent him to Pune along with his mother under the care of Dadoji Konddev, an able minister.
		Shahaji was a brilliant general who switched from Adil Shah of Bijapur to Nijam Shah of Ahmednagar to the Moghuls many times during his career.
		1650), alongwith men handpicked by Shahaji, managed a few forts and a piece of land in the hilly Deccan which were given to him by Shahaji.
	www.artoflegendindia.com /details/PEA021 (795 words)

	Shahaji chatrapati Museum : Shahaji chatrapati Museum of India, Museums tour, Shahaji chatrapati Museum in india, ...
		Houses the Shahaji Chhatrapati Museum, one of the most bizarre collections of memorabilia in India.
		The building was designed by 'Mad' Charles Mant, the British architect who fashioned the Indo-saracenic style of colonial architecture and is a cross between a Victorian railway station and the Addams Family mansion.
		But dominating every room in the palace are reminders of the maharaja's passion: killing wild animals to decorate his palace.
	www.travelmazza.com /shahaji_chatrapati_museum.php (137 words)

	India (Princely States) - (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shrimant Raja Shivaji IV Bhonsle Chhatrapati Maharaj Shahaji Dam Altaphoo (1830-1866) had three sons, but they all died before him, so three days before he died he adopted his nephew, Meherban Shrimant Nagojirao Patankar, born in 1850, to succeed him.
		Shahaji II's only son was now the puar of Dewas and could not succeed him to the throne of Kolhapur, so he adopted his daughter's son
		He succeeded to the throne in 1983 when Shahaji II died, and is still (2001) the raja of Kolhapur.
	famous.adoption.com /famous/india-princely-states.html (3253 words)

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