State your opinion.
1. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj built naval
force.
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Answer:
The Maratha Navy refers to the naval wing of the armed forces of the Maratha Empire, which existed from around mid-17th century to mid-18th century in India.
The Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was the founder of the navy of the Maratha military forces.
Historian Sir Jadunath Sarkar noted:
Nothing proves Shivaji’s genius as a born statesman more clearly than his creation of a navy and naval bases.[3]
In medieval India, the Muslim rulers (such as the Deccan Sultanates and Mughal Sultanate) had mostly ignored the naval arm of their military forces. It may be because they came overland from the North and won decisively in land battles. This scenario changed, however, when the Portuguese arrived in India and started monopolizing and controlling trade on the western coast of the continent. Chhatrapati Shivaji realized the importance of a strong navy; the first keel of a Maratha naval vessel was laid down in a creek near Kalyan circa 1654.