Shivaji
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Shivaji I was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji inherited a fiefdom from his father who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur, which later formed the genesis of
Portrait of Shivaji (c. 1680s)
Shivneri Fort
Young Shivaji (right) meets his father Shahaji. (left)
An early-20th-century painting by Sawlaram Haldankar of Shivaji fighting the Bijapuri general Afzal Khan
Maloji Bhosale
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Maloji Bhonsale was a Maratha chief who served the Ahmadnagar Sultanate. He was the father of Shahaji and the grandfather of Chhatrapati Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire.
Samadhi of Maloji Bhonsale