UShivaji Bhonsale I (iphimbo lesiMarathi: c.19 February 1630 - 3 April 1680), obuye abizwe ngoChhatrapati Shivaji, wayengumbusi waseNdiya futhi eyilungu lomndeni wakwaBhonsle Maratha. U-Shivaji waqopha i-enclave kusukela ku-Adilshahi sultanate eyanciphayo yase-Bijapur eyakha i-genesis yoMbuso WaseMaratha. Ngo-1674, wathweswa umqhele ngokusemthethweni iChhatrapati yombuso wakhe eRaigad. Phakathi nempilo yakhe, uShivaji wahlanganyela kukho kokubili imifelandawonye kanye nobutha noMbuso WaseMughal, iSultanate yaseGolkonda, iSultanate yaseBijapur kanye namandla angamakoloni aseYurophu. Amabutho ezempi kaShivaji andisa umkhakha wethonya laseMaratha, athumba futhi akha izinqaba, futhi enza ibutho lasolwandle laseMaratha. U-Shivaji usungule umthetho womphakathi onekhono futhi oqhubekayo onezinhlangano zokuphatha ezakhiwe kahle. Wavuselela amasiko ezepolitiki amaHindu asendulo, izingqungquthela zasenkantolo futhi wakhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwezilimi zesiMarathi nesiSanskrit, wafaka isiPheresiya enkantolo nokuphatha. Ifa likaShivaji lalizohlukahluka ngombuki nesikhathi, kodwa cishe emakhulwini amabili eminyaka ngemva kokufa kwakhe, waqala ukuthatha ukubaluleka okwengeziwe ngokuvela kwenhlangano yenkululeko yamaNdiya, njengoba abaningi bezwe baseNdiya bamphakamisa njenge-proto-nationalist kanye neqhawe lamaHindu. . UShivaji wazalelwa egqumeni laseShivneri, eduze nedolobha laseJunnar, manje osesifundeni sasePune.