Wazalwa nini uChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj?
Context:UShivaji Shivaji Bhosale (19 February 1630 <unk> 3 April 1680), owaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi uChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, wayeyinkosi yaseNdiya futhi wasungula uMbuso waseMaratha. UShivaraya wakhipha umbuso wakhe ozimele ku-Adilshahi waseBijapur owawuwohloka futhi wamisa uMbuso WamaMaratha. Wabe esebekwa esihlalweni sobukhosi njengoChhatrapati ngo 1674 eRaigad Fort.  Ngesikhathi sokubusa kwakhe, uShivaji Maharaj wayenobumbano futhi enobutha noMbuso WamaMughal, uQutub Shahi waseGowalkonda, u-Adil Shahi waseBijapur kanye namandla amakoloni aseYurophu. UChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj wakha umbuso onamandla futhi othuthuka ngamandla ebutho eliqondisiwe kanye nohlelo lokuphatha oluhleleke kahle. Ngaphandle kokulungisa izinqaba ezisezindaweni ezisogwini nasezindaweni ezingaphakathi, wakha nezinqaba eziningi ezintsha. UShivarai wamisa uhulumeni wezakhamuzi onekhono futhi othuthukile onemihlangano yokuphatha enesiyalo. Wavuselela amasiko ezombangazwe amaHindu asendulo, imihlangano yasenkantolo.  Ngolwazi lwakhe oluhle kakhulu lwendawo, isivinini esimangalisayo sokuhamba kanye nezindlela zokubhala izinkondlo ze-guerilla, walwa ngempumelelo namabutho anamandla amaMughal no-Adil Shahi enebutho elincane. Wakhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwezilimi zesiMarathi nesiSanskrit esikhundleni sesiParsi, okwakuyinto evamile ngaleso sikhathi, ekubuseni. Emzabalazweni wenkululeko waseNdiya, abaholi bezobuzwe basebenzisa izindaba zobuqhawe zikaShivaji Maharaj ukuhlanganisa abantu nokukhulisa isibindi sabo.   Lesi sithombe sikaChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj sivela eBritish Museum eLondon. Ifa likaShivaji Maharaj liye lahlukahluka kuye ngababukeli nangesikhathi. Kodwa cishe emakhulwini amabili eminyaka ngemva kokufa kwakhe, waqala ukuvelela ngokwengeziwe ngenxa yokwanda kwenhlangano yenkululeko yaseNdiya njengoba izishoshovu eziningi zenkululeko zaseNdiya zazimbheka njengeqhawe lobuzwe namaHindu. UShivaji Maharaj unethonya elikhulu emlandweni wezenhlalo nezombusazwe waseMaharashtra. UShivaji Maharaj uyingxenye ebalulekile yobuntu babantu baseMarathi. Usuku lokuzalwa lukaShivaji Maharaj lugujwa ngokuthi uShiv Jayanti.
UChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj wazalwa ngoFebhuwari 19, 1630