Q2. Write about these in your own words.
(1) The Coronation of Shivaji Maharaj
(2) Escape from Agra = ......
(3) Shivaji Maharaj's campaign of the South = .........
(4) Shivaji Maharaj's préparation for the coronation
Answers
1)Shivaji Bhonsale I was an Indian warrior-king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. ... Shivaji was crowned king of Maratha Swaraj in a lavish ceremony on 6 June 1674 ... "Shivaji Maharaj: Growth of a Symbol".
2)He also gave away his elephants and horses after announcing that he had decided to become a fakir. He then dressed up as a fakir. His close associate and trustee, Niraji Raoji, dressed himself as Shivaji and emerged from his house, mingled with the other pandits and then escaped from Agra.
3) Three years after the coronation in October 1677 Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj undertook campaign of the South. He went to Golconda. There he called on the Qutubshah.
4)Shivaji was crowned king of Maratha Swaraj in a lavish ceremony on 6 June 1674 at Raigad fort. In the Hindu calendar it was on the 13th day (trayodashi) of the first fortnight of the month of Jyeshtha in the year 1596. ... Nearly fifty thousand people gathered at Raigad for the ceremonies.
Answer:
Shivaji was crowned king of Maratha Swaraj in a lavish ceremony on 6 June 1674 at Raigad fort. In the Hindu calendar it was on the 13th day (trayodashi) of the first fortnight of the month of Jyeshtha in the year 1596. ... Nearly fifty thousand people gathered at Raigad for the ceremonies.