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Maharana Pratap Singh

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Pratap Singh I  ( pronunciation   ( help · info ) ) (9 May 1540 – 19 January 1597) popularly known as  Maharana Pratap , was the 13th king of  Mewar , a region in north-western India in the present day state of  Rajasthan . Reign1 March 1572 – 19 January 1597 [1] Predecessor Udai Singh II Successor Amar Singh I Ministers Bhamashah Born9 May 1540 Kumbhalgarh ,   Mewar [1] [2] (Present day:Kumbhal Fort,   Rajsamand District ,   Rajasthan ,   India )Died19 January 1597   (aged 56) [1] Chavand ,   Mewar [1] (Present day:Chavand,   Udaipur District , Rajasthan, India)Spouse Maharani Ajabde   (consort) Issue Amar Singh I Bhagwan Das Dynasty Sisodia   RajputFather Udai Singh II MotherMaharani Jaiwanta BaiReligion Hinduism

Sambhaji Bhosle

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Sambhaji Bhosale  (14 May 1657 – 11 March 1689) was the second ruler of the  Maratha kingdom . He was the eldest son of  Shivaji , the founder of the Maratha Empire and his first wife  Saibai . He was successor of the realm after his father's death, and ruled it for nine years. Sambhaji's rule was largely shaped by the ongoing wars between the Maratha kingdom and  Mughal Empire  as well as other neighbouring powers such as the  Siddis ,  Mysore  and the Portuguese in  Goa . In 1689, Sambhaji was captured, tortured and executed by the Mughals, and succeeded by his brother  Rajaram I . [1]

Tanaji Malusare

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Tanaji Malusare  was a military assistant of  Maratha King   Chhatrapati Shivaji ; he came from a Hindu  Koli  family. [1]  A local poet Tulsidas, [a]  wrote a  powada  describing Tanaji's heroics and sacrifice of life in the  Battle of Sinhagad ,   which was banned by the colonial British government. [6] Gad ala pan sinh gela , a Marathi novel by  Hari Narayan Apte  was written in 1903, based on his life. [7] [8]   Sinhagad , a 1933 Marathi film was produced by  Baburao Painter , based on the 1903 novel. [9] [10]  Bollywood actor-producer  Ajay Devgn  has produced a film based on his life titled  Tanhaji , which was released on 10 January 2020. [11] [12]

Birbal-The Wise

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Birbal  ( IPA:  [biːrbəl] ; born  Mahesh Das ; 1528–1586), or  Raja Birbal , was a Hindu Kayastha, advisor and main commander (mukhya senapati) of army in the court of the  Mughal  emperor,  Akbar . He is mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the  Folk Tales  which focus on his  wit . Birbal was appointed by Akbar as a Minister (Mantri) and used to be a Poet and Singer in around 1556–1562. He had a close association with Emperor  Akbar  and was one of his most important courtiers, part of a group called the  navaratnas  (nine jewels of Akbar). In 1586, Birbal led an army to crush an unrest in the north-west  Indian subcontinent  where he was killed along with many troops in an ambush by the rebel tribe. He was the only Hindu to adopt  Din-i Ilahi , the religion founded by Akbar. By the end of Akbar's reign, local folk tales emerged involving his interactions with Akbar, portraying him as bei...

Akbar-The Mughal Emperor

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Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar [7]  ( Persian :  ابو الفتح جلال الدين محمد اكبر ; October 1542 [a] – 27 October 1605), [10] [11]  popularly known as  Akbar the great. Akbar was the third  Mughal emperor , who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father,  Humayun , under a regent,  Bairam Khan , who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India. A strong personality and a successful general, Akbar gradually enlarged the  Mughal Empire  to include most of the  Indian subcontinent . His power and influence, however, extended over the entire subcontinent because of Mughal military, political, cultural, and economic dominance. To unify the vast Mughal state, Akbar established a centralised system of administration throughout his empire and adopted a policy of conciliating conquered rulers through marriage and diplomacy. To preserve peace and order in a religiously and culturally divers...

Shivaji The Emperor

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Shivaji Bhosale I  ( Marathi pronunciation:  [ʃiʋaˑɟiˑ bʱoˑs(ə)leˑ] ; c. 1627/1630 – April 03, 1680 [3] ) was an Indian warrior-king and a member of the  Bhonsle   Maratha clan . Shivaji carved out an enclave from the declining  Adilshahi sultanate  of  Bijapur  that formed the genesis of the  Maratha Empire . In 1674, he was formally crowned as the  chhatrapati  (emperor) of his realm at  Raigad . Over the course of his life, Shivaji engaged in both alliances and hostilities with the  Mughal Empire ,  Sultanate of Golkonda  and  Sultanate of Bijapur , as well as European colonial powers. Shivaji's military forces expanded the Maratha sphere of influence, capturing and building forts, and forming a Maratha navy. Shivaji established a competent and progressive civil rule with well-structured administrative organisations. He revived ancient Hindu political traditions and court conventions and promoted...
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