Complex sentence: The reign of the child-king Shivaji V during the war under a regency ended with Shivaji's death in 1946, so the regents of Kolhapur looked to Rajaram's nephew to be the next Maharaja.
Split into simpler sentences: The reign of the child-king Shivaji V during the war under a regency ended with Shivaji's death in 1946. The regents of Kolhapur looked to Rajaram's nephew to be the next Maharaja.