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Shahu I

1682 - 1749

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Shahu I (Shivaji Sambhaji Raje Bhonsale; Marathi pronunciation: [ʃaːɦuː]; 18 May 1682 – 15 December 1749) was the fifth Chhatrapati or head of state of the Maratha Empire founded by his grandfather, Shivaji I. He was born into the Bhonsle family and was the son of Sambhaji I and Yesubai. At a young age, he was taken into custody at the Siege of Raigad by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, and held captive. He was released from captivity after the death of Aurangzeb in the hope of engineering an internecine struggle among the Maratha factions of Tarabai and Shahu. Shahu emerged victorious in the bloody Battle of Khed and was crowned as Chhatrapati. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shahu I is the 7,691st most popular politician (up from 13,532nd in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from India (up from 540th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shahu I ranks 7,691 out of 19,576. Before him are Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Histiaeus, Olof Björnsson, Antonio Possevino, Marwan Barghouti, and Wilhelm Kube. After him are Ron Johnson, Salitis, Polina Zhemchuzhina, Ambrosius Aurelianus, Grimoald the Younger, and Ron DeSantis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1682, Shahu I ranks 9. Before him are Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Bartholomew Roberts, Johann Friedrich Böttger, Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, and Şehsuvar Sultan. After him are William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Jacopo Amigoni, Roger Cotes, Jean-François Dandrieu, and Jan van Huysum. Among people deceased in 1749, Shahu I ranks 5. Before him are Émilie du Châtelet, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, and Alessandro Magnasco. After him are Adel Shah, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Jan van Huysum, William Jones, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, and Matthias Bel.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shahu I ranks 278 out of 1,861. Before him are Abbé Faria (1756), Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Lara Dutta (1978), Dean Mahomed (1759), Tom Kibble (1932), and Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878). After him are Vandana Shiva (1952), R. D. Burman (1939), Birsa Munda (1875), Suniel Shetty (1961), Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906), and Joseph Coutts (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Shahu I ranks 92. Before him are Dhyan Chand (1905), Priyanka Gandhi (1972), Pushyamitra Shunga (-300), Balaji Baji Rao (1720), Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), and Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734). After him are Birsa Munda (1875), Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906), Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901), Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621), Morarji Desai (1896), and Chand Bibi (1550).

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