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Sambhaji

1657 - 1689

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Sambhaji Bhosale (14 May 1657 – 11 March 1689) 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 Siddis, Mysore and the Portuguese in Goa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sambhaji has received more than 4,645,183 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Sambhaji is the 3,167th most popular politician (up from 3,636th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from India (up from 101st in 2019) and the 32nd 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 3,167 out of 15,710. Before him are Taira no Kiyomori, Abu'l-Fida, Vuk Branković, Charles III, Duke of Parma, Berenice I of Egypt, and Al-Wathiq. After him are Telipinu, Emperor Go-Sai, Radomir Putnik, Tahmasp II, Otto I, Duke of Saxony, and Nicholas Kanabos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1657, Sambhaji ranks 5. Before him are Frederick I of Prussia, Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Emeric Thököly, 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, Guido Starhemberg, and Arai Hakuseki. 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 Aphra Behn, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Thomas Sydenham, Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, Kazimierz Łyszczyński, and Pjetër Bogdani.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sambhaji ranks 97 out of 1,227. Before him are Deepak Chopra (1946), Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Samudragupta (335), Shah Rukh Khan (1965), and Kim Philby (1912). After him are Ramanuja (1017), Gerald Durrell (1925), Sarojini Naidu (1879), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Anthony de Mello (1931), and Chandragupta II (400).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Sambhaji ranks 32. Before him are Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), Razia Sultana (1205), Bindusara (-320), Ajatashatru (-500), Rajendra Prasad (1884), and Samudragupta (335). After him are Chandragupta II (400), Maharana Pratap (1540), Vishvamitra (-2000), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), and Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924).

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