Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosale (19 February 1630 kuya 3 April 1680) wayengumsunguli woMbuso WaseMaratha Futhi Wathweswa umqhele njengoChhatrapati ngo-1674. U-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj wakha umbuso onamandla futhi oqhubekayo emandleni ebutho eliqondile kanye nokuphatha okuhlelwe kahle. Wasebenzisa ngempumelelo indlela yempi yabashokobezi, eyayisebenzisa i-geography, ukunyakaza okushesha ngokumangalisayo nokuhlasela okunembayo ukuqeda amandla izitha ezesabekayo. Ngaphandle kokulungisa izinqaba ogwini nangaphakathi nezwe, wakha nezinqaba eziningi Wakhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kolimi lwesiMarathi kuhulumeni. E-Maharashtra, u-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj waziwa ngamagama amaningi afana no-Shivaji Raja, u-Shivaji Raje, u-Shivba, u-Shivbaraje, u-Shivrai [Ukucashunwa kuyadingeka] Usuku lokuzalwa luka-Shivaji Maharaj lugujwa ngele-'Shiva Jayanti'Kwenzeka njengokuthi 'Shiv Shambhu'. Ngokuvamile, isikhathi seminyaka engu-77 kusukela ekuzalweni kuka-Shivaji Maharaj (1630) kuya ekufeni kuka-Aurangzeb sibizwa izazi-mlando ngokuthi 'inkathi yeShiva' Mayelana no Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, uPandit Nehru uthi encwadini yakhe ethi Discovery of India: “UChhatrapati Shivaji wayewuphawu lokulwa nobuzwe bamaHindu. ukwazi ukuthi uMbuso kaMughal wagcina ushaqekile ngenxa yokuhlasela kwaleli qembu. Umndeni kanye nobungane _________________________ Inqaba yaseShivneri etholakala eduze kwedolobha laseJunnar esifundeni sasePune ngomhlaka-19 kuFebhuwari.