THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Wisdom

"Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time."

- Theodore Roosevelt

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Shivaji Bhosle

(Born:February 19, 1630, Died: April 3, 1680), commonly known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (Marathi: छत्रपती शिवाजीराजे भोसले) laid the foundations of the Maratha Empire. Shivaji was younger of the two sons of Shahaji Bhosle and Jijabai. His father, Shahaji was a Maratha general who rendered military services at various times the Bijapur Sultanate, Deccan sultanates and the Mughals.[3] Shivaji espoused ideology of Hindavi Swaraj (freedom for Hindustan), he took solemn oath in a Hindu temple with his friends and soldiers to directly challenge the foreign rule of Bijapur Sultanate and ultimately the mighty Mughal empire. Shivaji succeeded in establishing control of a well defended segment of the present state of Maharastra in western India, during his lifetime.

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