Rajmata Jijabai | |
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A statue of Jijabai and young Shivaji Raje on Shivneri fort. | |
Rajmata of the Maratha Empire | |
Reign | 1645-17 June 1674 |
Born | Jijabai Jadhav Rao 12 January 1598 Jijau Mahal, Sindkhed Raja, Ahmadnagar Sultanate (present-day Buldhana District, Maharashtra, India) |
Died | Pachad, Maratha Empire (present-day Raigad District, Maharashtra, India) | 17 June 1674 (aged 76)
Spouse | Shahaji (m.1605 - 1664) |
Issue |
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House |
Jadhav (by birth)
[1] Bhonsle (by marriage) |
Father | Lakhuji Rao Jadhav |
Mother | Mahalsabai Jadhav |
Religion | Hinduism |
Jijabai (or Bhonsale, Bhosale, Bhosle) or Jadhav (12 January 1598 – 17 June 1674 [2]), referred to as Rajmata, Rastramata, Jijabai, Jijamata or Jijau, was the mother of Chattrapati Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire. [3] [4] She was a daughter of Lakhujirao Jadhav of Sindkhed Raja. [5]
Jijabai was born on 12 January 1598, to Mhalasabai Jadhav and Lakhuji Jadhav at Sindkhed Raja in present-day Buldhana district of Maharastra. Jijabai was married at an early age to Shahaji Bhosle, son of Maloji Bhosle of Verul village, a military commander serving under the Nizam.
She died on 17 June 1674 at Pachad village near Raigad Fort. This was only eleven days after the coronation of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. [6]
Rajmata Jijabai | |
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A statue of Jijabai and young Shivaji Raje on Shivneri fort. | |
Rajmata of the Maratha Empire | |
Reign | 1645-17 June 1674 |
Born | Jijabai Jadhav Rao 12 January 1598 Jijau Mahal, Sindkhed Raja, Ahmadnagar Sultanate (present-day Buldhana District, Maharashtra, India) |
Died | Pachad, Maratha Empire (present-day Raigad District, Maharashtra, India) | 17 June 1674 (aged 76)
Spouse | Shahaji (m.1605 - 1664) |
Issue |
|
House |
Jadhav (by birth)
[1] Bhonsle (by marriage) |
Father | Lakhuji Rao Jadhav |
Mother | Mahalsabai Jadhav |
Religion | Hinduism |
Jijabai (or Bhonsale, Bhosale, Bhosle) or Jadhav (12 January 1598 – 17 June 1674 [2]), referred to as Rajmata, Rastramata, Jijabai, Jijamata or Jijau, was the mother of Chattrapati Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire. [3] [4] She was a daughter of Lakhujirao Jadhav of Sindkhed Raja. [5]
Jijabai was born on 12 January 1598, to Mhalasabai Jadhav and Lakhuji Jadhav at Sindkhed Raja in present-day Buldhana district of Maharastra. Jijabai was married at an early age to Shahaji Bhosle, son of Maloji Bhosle of Verul village, a military commander serving under the Nizam.
She died on 17 June 1674 at Pachad village near Raigad Fort. This was only eleven days after the coronation of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. [6]