Question

Discuss only the childhood of Shivaji briefly. ​

Answer 1

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Shivaji was born to Shahaji and Jijabai, at the time of the severe Mahadurga famine in the Maharashtra region. He had an elder brother named Sambhaji, and his parents had lost several other children in infancy. Shivaji was born at the hill fort of Shivneri, and his mother named him after Shivai, a local goddess.

Parent family: Sisodia Rajput

Current region: Maratha Empire

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Shivaji was the founder of the Maratha Empire in the Indian subcontinent. The early life of Shivaji is a topic of great interest in the popular culture of India, especially in the Maharashtra state, where he spent most of his life. This article describes Shivaji's life from his birth until the age of 19 years (1630-1649).

Shivaji was born at the hill fort of Shivneri on 1 March 1630, which corresponds to 19 February 1630 of the Julian calendar used by the contemporary English traders in India. At the time of his birth, the families of his father Shahaji and his mother Jijabai both served the Ahmednagar Sultanate in military and administrative capacities, although they subsequently transferred their allegiance to the Mughal Empire and the Bijapur Sultanate at different times.

As a servant of Bijapur, Shahaji was deputed in southern Deccan after 1636, and did not see Shivaji for several years. Shivaji and his mother remained in Pune in northern Deccan, where Shahaji's subordinate Dadoji Kondadeo administered the family's jagir (feudal land grant) in Shivaji's name. As a teenager, at the age of 15 years, he took a oath at the Raireshwar temple, to establish Hindavi Swaraj. Shivaji started acting independently of the Bijapur government, against the advice of Shahaji and Dadoji. He captured several hill forts which included Torana, Rajgad etc. at the expense of other vassals of Bijapur, and by the age of 15, started calling himself a raja (king). He also built a fort by the money he got during the construction at Torana, which was the blessing of Goddess Toranjai, which was named Pratapgad.

After Dadoji's death in 1647, Shivaji assumed full control of his father's jagir in the Pune region, and eliminated local challenges to his authority. He then invaded the northern Konkan region, making inroads into the territory of the Siddis of Janjira. He subsequently tried to form an alliance with Mughals against Bijapur, and ultimately ended up fighting both these powers to establish a kingdom that evolved into the Maratha Empire.