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Sambhaji

1657 - 1689

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Sambhaji (Sambhaji Bhonsle; Marathi pronunciation: [saːmbʱaːd͡ʒiˑ bʱoˑs(ə)leˑ]; c.14 May 1657 – 11 March 1689), also known as Shambhuraje was the second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire, ruling from 1681 to 1689. He was the eldest son of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. Sambhaji's rule was largely shaped by the ongoing wars between the Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire, as well as other neighbouring powers such as the Abyssinians of Janjira, Wadiyars of Mysore and the Portuguese Empire in Goa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sambhaji has received more than 5,601,068 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Sambhaji is the 5,065th most popular politician (down from 3,160th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from India (down from 97th in 2019) and the 48th 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 5,065 out of 15,577. Before him are Angelica Balabanoff, Anna of Savoy, Franz Xaver Schwarz, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Arnold Gehlen, and Gasparo da Salò. After him are Hermeric, Minh Mạng, Yawar Waqaq, Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, Daniel Burley Woolfall, and Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1657, Sambhaji ranks 7. Before him are Frederick I of Prussia, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Emeric Thököly, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Michel Richard Delalande, and Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias. After him are Francesco Solimena, Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Arai Hakuseki, Guido Starhemberg, and Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1689, Sambhaji ranks 5. Before him are Christina, Queen of Sweden, Pope Innocent XI, Marie Louise d’Orléans, and Aşub Sultan. After him are Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Thomas Sydenham, Aphra Behn, Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, Pjetër Bogdani, and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sambhaji ranks 159 out of 1,493. Before him are S. R. Ranganathan (1892), Ravi Shankar (1956), Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Dhyan Chand (1905), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), and Jayadeva (1170). After him are Subramania Bharati (1882), Bahadur Shah I (1643), M. Visvesvaraya (1861), Anna Leonowens (1831), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), and Krishnadevaraya (1471).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Sambhaji ranks 48. Before him are Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), V. V. Giri (1894), Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Dhyan Chand (1905), and Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671). After him are Bahadur Shah I (1643), M. Visvesvaraya (1861), Krishnadevaraya (1471), Birsa Munda (1875), Vikramaditya (-102), and Siraj ud-Daulah (1733).

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