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Maharani TarabaiWho Wore Down Aurangzeb

From 1700, after Chhatrapati Rajaram died, she led the Maratha war against Aurangzeb’s armies in the Deccan herself until his death in 1707.

c. 1675–1761 CE; regent 1700–1707

The full life
1Daughter of Hambirrao Mohite, Shivaji’s senapati.Hambirrao Mohite
2Regent for her son Shivaji II from March 1700.Maharani Tarabai · Shivaji II
3Aurangzeb died at Ahmednagar on 3 March 1707, the war unfinished.Maharani Tarabai · The Mughal army
4Founded the separate Maratha seat later known as Kolhapur.Maharani Tarabai · The people
5Died at Satara on 9 December 1761.Maharani Tarabai

Sources for these facts

  • Muntakhab-ul-Lubab (Khafi Khan)
  • Maasir-i-Alamgiri (Saqi Mustaid Khan, 1710)
  • Peshwa Daftar records (Selections, ed. G. S. Sardesai)

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