To add in more insult more in 1664AD Shivaji ransacked the city of Surat,a wealthy Mughal trading centre. Aurangzeb was enraged and sent the 60 year old Rajput veteran Mirza raja Jai Singh, with 150,000 strong army . Jai Singh won and Shivaji had to give up his 23 forts and needed to pay 400,000 hunas to the Mughals.
He also had to go to Agra with his nine year old son . The plan was to contain Shivaji by giving him by a place in Mughal court but Aurangzeb made the mistake of humiliating Shivaji and placing him house arrest.
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CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ
AdventureShivaji Maharaj Bhonsle 3 April 1680 was an Indian warrior-king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji Maharaj carved out an enclave from the declining Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the Maratha Empire. In 1674...
