Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was a great ruler who made his first military conquest at the very young age of 16, by attacking and capturing Torna Fort in the Bijapur Sultanate. It was followed by the conquest of other forts named Chakan, Kondana, and also Rajgad. Fearing his braveness Mohammed Adil Shah who was the Bijapur Sultanate imprisoned his father. He had to halt his conquests until his father was released. He resumed his conquests after his father’s death and seized the northern parts of the Konkon as well as the forts of Purandar and Javali. Upon Aurangzeb’s invitation, he and his son went to Aurangzeb’s court where they were kept on house arrest but somehow managed to escape. Later he captured Surat, Kondana Fort, Bijapuri, Ponda, Karwar, Kolhapur, and many more.