Raigad Fort
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Raigad, located in the Raigad district of Maharashtra, India, is a hill fort situated near the town of Mahad. It is one of the strongest fortresses on the Deccan Plateau and was historically referred
Nagarkhana, Raigad Fort
The Maha Darwaja
The Samadhi of Rajmata Jijabai
Towers a.k.a. Manore
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
Raigad Fort
…on the Deccan Plateau and was historically referred to as Rairee or Rairy Fort. Raigad is the largest fort in Asia, with an area of 1,200 acres. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the Maratha ruler, along with his chief engineer Hiroji Indulkar, oversaw the construction and development of various buildings and structures at the…
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