He took possession of Fort of Rohida near Pune. By 1645 when he was only 18 years old, Shivaji gathered a band of one thousand Mavles. The legitimate aspiration of the son of a Hindu Chieftain was supposed to be advancement in service under a muslim overlord, but Shivaji was cast in a different mould and nursed ambitions of attaining “Hindu Swaraj”.Ĥ. He wanted to become an independent and sovereign ruler so that he could protect his people from the depredations of the Muslim rulers.
Shivaji did not relish the idea of service under his father’s overlord, the Sultan of Bijapur. Mavles (locals) were pleased to see their Sirdar’s son visiting them so often despite hazards and hardships of movement in that difficult terrain.ģ.
An inner urge kept taking him to the remote countryside which in those days was extensively covered with jungles. From his mother young Shivaji imbibed a deep religious spirit. He initiated Shivaji in to the art of administration and ingrained in him a love for his country. Dadaji Kondadev took particular care in the up bringing When Shahji was exiled from Maharashtra, he left his wife Jijabai and Shivaji in the care of a shrewd and able Brahmin, Dadaji Kondadev whom he had appointed Administrator of his Pune jagir. Thus when the son arrived, he was named Shivaji.Ģ. Jijabai vowed that if she were blessed with a son, she would name him after the God. Jijabai’s loyalty was to Shahji and she was naturally very disturbed by the fact that it was her own father who was in hot pursuit of her husband.
Leaving his pregnant wife Jijabai at Shivneri fort, Shaji was eluding his pursuers. At that time his father, Shahji Bhonsle was being pursued by his father–in–law Lukhuji Jadhav with the borrowed might of the Mughals.
On 10th April 1627 Shivaji was born at Shivneri, some 50 miles, North East of Pune.
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