February 19

Shivaji Bhonsale I, popularly known as Chhatrapati Shivaji, was an Indian monarch and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha tribe. Shivaji created the Maratha Empire by carving away an enclave from the fading Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur. He was formally anointed Chhatrapati of his domain at Raigad in 1674.
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