Sambhaji

Sambhaji was the second ruler of the Maratha Empire, succeeding his father, Shivaji, in 1680. He reigned until 1689, when he was captured and executed by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

The Maratha Empire was an early modern Indian empire that rose in the 17th century under Shivaji, who established a kingdom in opposition to the Islamic rulers of the time. Shivaji was crowned Chhatrapati in 1674, marking the formal beginning of the Maratha Empire. After Sambhaji's death, his half-brother Rajaram ascended the throne, and the empire continued to expand, eventually controlling much of the Indian subcontinent. The empire formally ended in 1818 after a defeat by the English East India Company.12