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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum
Phone:
+91 98222 64706

Hours:
Sunday10:30am - 6pm
Monday10:30am - 6pm
Tuesday10:30am - 6pm
Wednesday10:30am - 6pm
ThursdayClosed
Friday10:30am - 6pm
Saturday10:30am - 6pm


Shivaji Bhonsle was an Indian warrior king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out an enclave from the declining Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the Maratha Empire. In 1674, he was formally crowned as the chhatrapati of his realm at Raigad. Over the course of his life, Shivaji engaged in both alliances and hostilities with the Mughal Empire, Sultanate of Golkonda, and Sultanate of Bijapur, as well as the English, Portuguese, and French colonial powers. Shivaji's military forces expanded the Maratha sphere of influence, capturing and building forts, and forming a Maratha navy. Shivaji established a competent and progressive civil rule with well-structured administrative organisations. He revived ancient Hindu political traditions and court conventions and promoted the usage of Marathi and Sanskrit, rather than Persian, in court and administration. Shivaji's legacy was to vary by observer and time but he began to take on increased importance with the emergence of the Indian independence movement, as many elevated him as a proto-nationalist and hero of the Hindus. Particularly in Maharashtra, debates over his history and role have engendered great passion and sometimes even violence as disparate groups have sought to characterise him and his legacy.
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