A Short Note on Rajaram

Rajaram was the son of Bhosale’s kin to the great Shivaji and his wife, Soyarabai. He died in 1670 on the 14 of February. Sambhaji was the older brother of Rajaram. The Rajaram Maharaj history in Marathi eleven-year was considered a constant endeavour against the Mughals. Raja Ram was succeeded by his child  Shivaji II under the powerful board of his widow Tarabai. On the other side, the Maratha heads desired the Sambhaji as their king, and there he reclaimed the throne. After the death of Sambhaji, Raja Ram was renowned as the king or Chhatrapati of the Maratha empire. 

Primal Life of Rajaram and his family 

Raja Ram was born in the family of Bhosale kin. The father and mother of Rajaram were the great Shivaji and his wife, Soyarabai. Rajaram was born on the 14th of February in 1670. He married three times in his life. The first marriage was when he was about the age of 10 and was married to Jankibai, the army chief and the daughter of Shivaji’s army general, Prataprao Gujar. Raja Ram had another wife named Tarabai, the daughter of Hambirrao Mohite, the army general who followed Prataprao and Rajasbai from the authoritative Ghatge household of Kagal. He had three sons:

• Raja Karna
• Shivaji II
• Sambhaji II

Battles of Rajaram

Rajaram Maharaj in Marathi was a very great warrior, and his opposition to the Mughals was acquitted by his two main general commanders, Dhanaji Jadhav and Santaji Ghorpade. In 1689 Sataji was even dealt with as a daring foray into the Mughal Camp at Tulapur, where once Aurangzeb also rested. Aurangzeb decided to get away with his life. 

In September 1689, Sheikh Nizam, the Mughal general commander, was dispatched by Santaji Dhanaji at post Panacea.

• On 25 May 1690, Sarzakhan, also known as Rustamkhan, was overcome and captured by the Ramchandrapant, Dhanaji, and Santaji at Satara.
• In 1692, the  Rajgarh, directed by Shankar Narayan Gandhekar, and Panhala, directed by Parshuram Trimbak, were retaken by the Marathas.
• In 1692  on October 8, Dharwad in Karnataka was retaken by Santaji Dhanaji.
• In 1692 on the 14th of December, Santaji overcame Alimardan Khan and took him as a prisoner to Jinji. 
• In 1693 on 9 January, Santaji defeated and captured Janisaar Khan and  Ismalikhan Makha.
• In 1693 on 5 January,  the Mughal encampment at Desur was plundered by Santaji Dhanaji.
• In 1693 on 21 November, Santaji got the better of Himmat Khan.
• In 1693, Sidhoji Gujar, the naval admiral sarkhel, captured the naval garrisons of Vijaydurg and Suvarnadurg.
• In 1693, Vishalgad was recaptured by Parshuram Trimbak.
• In 1695, Santaji entrapped the Mughal army at Khatav.
• In 1695 on 20 November, Qasim Khan was defeated by Santaji at Doberi. 
• In 1699, Parsoji Bhosale of Nagpur, Nemaji Shinde, Haibatrao Nimbalkar, Atole, and Rajaram, aroused the Mughal military unit at Godavari Valley. Dhanaji Jadhav defeats a Mughal dependent at Pandharpur. Shankar Narayan clears out another gathering led by Sharekhan near Pune.

Later, Santaji fell out with Dhanaji and Rajaram and was murdered in July 1697 by an individual, Nagoji Mane, who bore resentment against Santaji. It was rumoured that Nagoji Mane executed Santaji at the behest of Dhanaji Jadhav, who had fallen out with Santaji Ghorpade.

Enthronization and getting away to Jinji

After the death of Sambhaji, Rajaram Bhosale was crowned at Raigad on 12 March, in the year 1689. As the Mughals started layout besieging the region around  Raigad on March 25, 1689, the widow of Sambhaji, Maharani Yesubai, and her politician Ramchandra Pant Amatya set the teenaged Rajaram Maharaj in Marathi to the stronghold of Pratapgad through Kavlya ghat. The Maratha army crusaded with the Mughals and resulted in the new king of Maratha. Rajaram to break loose through Kavlya ghat to the post of Jinji in the current state of Tamil Nadu, where he attained after a month and a half long journey in 1689 on the 1st of November.

Decease 

Rajaram died due to an unspecified illness in 1700 near Pune at Sinhgad, Maharashtra. After this incident, the Maratha in power suffered a great loss and the power vacuum until the release of his nephew Shahu Ji in 1707. In the midway, Raja Ram’s wife Tarabai held the empire and ruled it as a trustee for her young child Shivaji II. 

Conclusion

The youngest son of Shivaji Maharaj Chhatrapati Rajaram Bhosale was born in the year 1661 at the post or Fort Raigad.  Chhatrapati Rajaram Bhosale was Sambhaji executed by Aurangzeb, a Mughal emperor. After the execution of Sambhaji, the Maratha were very needy to merge to fight  Mughal ascendance. 

Chhatrapati Raja Ram Bhosle has been described as accommodating towards one and all and flexible in his approach. He was not only a warrior but a real sense of his predecessors.