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Sambhaji

1657 - 1689

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Sambhaji (Sambhajiraje Shivajiraje Bhonsle, Marathi pronunciation: [saːmˈbʱaːdʑiː ˈbʱos(ə)le]; 14 May 1657 – 11 March 1689), also known as Shambhuraje, ruled from 1681 to 1689 as the second king (Chhatrapati) of the Maratha Empire, a prominent state in early modern India. He was the eldest son of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. At the age of nine, Sambhaji was taken as a political hostage of the Mughal Empire, to guarantee his father's compliance with the treaty of Purandar. He later accompanied his father to Agra where both were placed under house arrest by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb; they subsequently escaped. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sambhaji is the 3,398th most popular politician (up from 3,745th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from India (down from 120th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Indian Politician.

Sambhaji is most famous for being the son of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. Sambhaji led the Maratha Empire in a war against Aurangzeb's Mughal Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sambhaji ranks 3,398 out of 19,576. Before him are Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Ahmose-Nefertari, Khaled Mashal, Deodoro da Fonseca, Natalya Naryshkina, and Ahmad al-Mansur. After him are Abolhassan Banisadr, Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, Diaochan, Ragibagh Khan, Hormizd IV, and Anita Garibaldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1657, Sambhaji ranks 5. Before him are Frederick I of Prussia, Emeric Thököly, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, and Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle. After him are Michel Richard Delalande, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Francesco Solimena, Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Arai Hakuseki, and Guido Starhemberg. Among people deceased in 1689, Sambhaji ranks 4. Before him are Christina, Queen of Sweden, Pope Innocent XI, and Marie Louise d’Orléans. After him are Khushal Khattak, Aşub Sultan, Aphra Behn, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Pjetër Bogdani, Kazimierz Łyszczyński, and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sambhaji ranks 141 out of 1,861. Before him are Ramanuja (1017), Rajendra Chola I (1000), Cliff Richard (1940), Mahinda (-285), Vātsyāyana (300), and Nathuram Godse (1910). After him are Sanghamitta (-281), Chandrakirti (600), Akshay Kumar (1967), Varāhamihira (505), C. N. R. Rao (1934), and Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Sambhaji ranks 52. Before him are Maharana Pratap (1540), Rajendra Prasad (1884), Samudragupta (335), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200), and Rajendra Chola I (1000). After him are Sanghamitta (-281), Rajaraja I (947), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), Sher Shah Suri (1486), Bindusara (-320), and Vikramaditya (-102).

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