Shahu, also known as Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, was the next ruler after Shivaji II. It was during Shahu's reign that the Peshwas rose to power. Shahu ruled from 1708 to 1749 and made Satara his ...

After Sambhaji’s death, Aurangzeb spent more than a decade in the Deccan region, fighting with the new generation of Maratha leaders like Rajaram, Rani Tarabai, and Shahu—and breathed his last in ...

Maharani Yesubhai was the mother of Chhatrapati Shahu I who helmed the kingdom in the absence of the King Sambhaji. She is remembered as the fierce queen who was given her own seal (Rajmudra ...

Although Aurangzeb imprisoned her for a period of 27 long years, she was still in touch with her son, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, through secret letters. It was in 1719 when Maharani Yesubai was ...

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Marathi author Shahu Patole, 62, says, “If diet is linked to behaviour and character, then why has the class and caste system survived to this day? Why the fight against untouchability?

They had a daughter, Bhavani, following which their son, the future Chhatrapati Shahu I, was born in 1682. Following his coronation, Sambhaji embarked on a short rule of nine years. Those in his ...