Lakhuji Jadhav
Lakhujiraje Jadhavrao was a grandee of Sindkhed Raja in the present-day Buldhana district of Maharashtra state during the 16th century. He was Maternal Grand father of Maratha Emperor Chhatrapati Shivaji Background. Lakhuji Jadhav was a maratha chief. He was one of the early exponents of guerilla warfare and he became one of the most important sardars in the Nizam Shahi sultanate. He is known to be the victor of the famous fort of Devagiri. His daughter was Jijabai, the mother of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire. She was born on 12 January 1598 and married at  an early age to Shahaji Bhosale, a nobleman and military commander under the Adil Shahi sultans of Bijapur in present-day Karnataka. Death. Lakhuji Jadhav was murdered by treachery at Daulatabad, along with his sons and a grandson, at the orders of the Nizam Shah in 1629. At the time, his daughter Jijabai was pregnant with Shivaji. His murder is mentioned in the Badshah Nama of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Descendants. One of the surviving descendants of Lakhuji Jadhav was Shambusing Jadhav who famously fought in the Battle of Pavankhind. His great-grandson was the famous Maratha commander Dhanaji Jadhav