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Shivaji
was
born
in
the
hill-fort
of
Shivneri,
near
the
city
of
Junnar,
which
is
now
in
Pune
district.
Scholars
disagree
on
his
date
of
birth.
The
Government
of
Maharashtra
lists
19
February
as
a
holiday
commemorating
Shivaji's
birth
(Shivaji
Jayanti).Shivaji
was
named
after
a
local
deity,
the
goddess
Shivai
Devi.
Shivaji's
father
Shahaji
Bhonsle
was
a
Maratha
general
who
served
the
Deccan
Sultanates.
His
mother
was
Jijabai
the
daughter
of
Lakhuji
Jadhavrao
of
Sindhkhed,
a
Mughal-aligned
sardar
claiming
descent
from
a
Yadav
royal
family
of
Devagiri.
Shivaji
belonged
to
a
Maratha
family
of
the
Bhonsle
clan.
His
paternal
grandfather
Maloji
(1552–1597)
was
an
influential
general
of
Ahmadnagar
Sultanate,
and
was
awarded
the
epithet
of
"Raja".
Over
the
course
of
his
life,
Shivaji
engaged
in
both
alliances
and
hostilities
with
the
Mughal
Empire,
the
Sultanate
of
Golkonda,
Sultanate
of
Bijapur
and
the
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,
court
conventions
and
promoted
the
usage
of
the
Marathi
and
Sanskrit
languages,
replacing
Persian
in
court
and
administration.
Praised
for
his
chivalrous
treatment
of
women,
Shivaji
employed
people
of
all
castes
and
religions,
including
Muslims
and
Europeans,
in
his
administration
and
armed
forces.
Until
1657,
Shivaji
maintained
peaceful
relations
with
the
Mughal
Empire.
Shivaji
offered
his
assistance
to
Aurangzeb,
the
son
of
the
Mughal
Emperor
and
viceroy
of
the
Deccan,
in
conquering
Bijapur
in
return
for
formal
recognition
of
his
right
to
the
Bijapuri
forts
and
villages
under
his
possession.
Dissatisfied
with
the
Mughal
response,
and
receiving
a
better
offer
from
Bijapur,
he
launched
a
raid
into
the
Mughal
Deccan.The
headquarters
in
Mumbai
of
the
Western
Railway
zone,
a
UNESCO
World
Heritage
Site,
was
renamed
Chhatrapati
Shivaji
Terminus
in
1996.
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