Indian festival - Shiv Jayanti

In the year 1869, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule (an Indian social activist, thinker, anti-caste social reformer and writer from Maharashtra) discovered the tomb of Shivaji Maharaj on Raigad and wrote the first and longest Ballad on his life. Shiv Jayanti was started by Mahatma Jyotirao Phule in 1870 with the first event in Pune. Since then Shiv Jayanti expanded on a large scale. After this, Bal Gangadhar Tilak worked to unite people during British Oppression through Shiv Jayanti. In the 20th century, Babasaheb Ambedkar also celebrated Shiv Jayanti, who was twice the president of Shiv Jayanti's program. Till then, to today, February 18th of every year (some on April 25th) Shivaji Jayanti is celebrated as a festival in India, especially in and around Maharashtra.

Shivaji Bhosale very well known as Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was Born  on 19 February 1630 at Shivneri Fort, Shivneri, Ahmadnagar Sultanate (present-day Maharashtra, India). Shivaji started from the declining Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur and formed the Great 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 established a competent and progressive civil rule with well-structured administrative organizations. He revived ancient Hindu political traditions and court conventions and promoted the usage of Marathi and Sanskrit, rather than Persian language, in court and administration.

Shivaji's father Shahaji Bhonsle and mother, Jijabai. Shivaji was devoted to his mother Jijabai, who was deeply religious. His studies of the Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, also influenced his lifelong defense of Hindu values.

This short video with English sub-title gives good information about Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj life story:

 

Let us also see the administration method improved by Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj:

 

Shivaji fell ill with fever and dysentery, dying around 3 April 1680 at the age of 52, died at Raigad Fort, Raigad, Maratha Empire (present-day Maharashtra, India).

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