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'''Soyarabai Bhosale''' '''(née Mohite)''' (died 1681) was second wife of [[Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj]], the founder of [[Maratha empire]] in western [[India]]. She was mother of Shivaji |
'''Soyarabai Bhosale''' '''(née Mohite)''' (died 1681) was second wife of [[Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj]], the founder of [[Maratha empire]] in western [[India]]. She was mother of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj second son, [[Rajaram I|Rajaram]]. She was the younger sister of Maratha army chief [[Hambirrao Mohite]]. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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| Soyarabai | |
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| Maharani of the Maratha Empire | |
| Died | ca.1681 CE |
| Spouse | Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj |
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Soyarabai Bhosale (née Mohite) (died 1681) was second wife of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of Maratha empire in western India. She was mother of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj second son, Rajaram. She was the younger sister of Maratha army chief Hambirrao Mohite.
Early life
Born Soyarabai Mohite, she was married to Shivaji at a very young age in 1650.[1][better source needed] The marriage took place when Shivaji visited his father Shahaji at Bangalore with his mother Jijabai. Tukabai (née Mohite), the stepmother of Shivaji and paternal aunt of Soyarabai insisted on the marriage.
After the death of Jijabai in (1674), Soyarabai gained prominence in Shivaji's family and by extension, in the Maratha court politics.[2] Soyrabai bore two children to Shivaji, a daughter Balibai and son Rajaram.[citation needed]
After Shivaji's death
Contemporaneous Maratha court chronicles such as Parmananda, and from many other documents relate that in initial phases Soyarabai herself was against ministers to perform the coronation to her son Rajaram. Sambhaji is recorded testifyings in contemporary sources that, "the ministers of Shivaji were against him (Sambhaji). They poisoned the mind of Queen Soyarabai by saying that the eldest son of Shivaji (Sambhaji) should not be allowed to inherit the throne".[3][4] Sambhaji was not kept informed on the Shivaji's death by these ministers or their killedars and he was absent at Raigad when Shivaji was cremated. After Shivaji's death in 1680, with the help of those treacherous courtiers, Soyarabai finally got her son, the ten-year-old prince Rajaram, seated on the vacant throne on 21 April 1680.[5] Her stepson and Shivaji's heir apparent Sambhaji, was able to remove him and Soyarabai from power with the help of Soyrabai's own brother and the Maratha army commander Sarsenapati Hambirrao Mohite. He imprisoned the courtiers opposing him and formally assumed power as the Chhatrapati on 20 July 1680.[6] Soyarabai's henchmen tried to poison Sambhaji in August 1681, but he survived and executed the criminals, installing their sons on their posts instead.
In a letter dated 27 Oct 1681, written by British Bombay council to Surat, they claim that "Ramrajah's Mother (Soyra Bai) is dead by report, poisoned by Shambhuji Rajah's contrivance "[7] This has been declared a myth by various reputed scholars such as Dr. Sadashiv Shivade and Vasudeo Sitaram Bendrey, as Soyarabai died a year and a half after this date of her alleged murder and was cremated by Chhatrapati Sambhaji himself.[8][9]
After Sambhaji's death at the hands of the Mughals, Rajaram did become the next Chhatrapati, carrying forward the continuous war of the Marathas against the Mughals.
In Popular Culture
- Ayesha Kaduskar portrays a young Soyarabai while Ruchita Jadhav portrays the older Soyarabai in the 2011 series Veer Shivaji[citation needed]
- Elakshi Gupta plays Soyrabai in the 2019 Bollywood film Tanhaji[citation needed]
- Ruchi Savarn portrays Soyarabai in the 2019 Marathi film Fatteshikast[citation needed]
- Shruti Marathe plays Soyarabai in 2022 film, Sarsenapati Hambirrao
References
- ^ Jaswant Lal Mehta (1 January 2005). Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6.
- ^ Sushila Vaidya (1 January 2000). Role of women in Maratha politics, 1620-1752 A.D. Sharada Pub. House. ISBN 978-81-85616-67-4. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ Maharani Tarabai of Kolhapur, C. 1675-1761 A.D.,Śālinī Pāṭīla, pg 22 [1]
- ^ Shivaji Maharaja Maratha Chhatrapati In Bharat-varsha, Anant V. Darwatkar, p.180 [2]
- ^ . Gordon, Stewart (1993). The Marathas 1600–1818 (1st publ. ed.). New York: Cambridge University. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-521-26883-7. Retrieved 5 June 2016
- ^ Jaswant Lal Mehta (1 January 2005). Advanced study in the history of modern India 1707-1813. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-932705-54-6. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ Sarkar, Jadunath, Sir (1979) [1940]. The house of Shivaji: Studies and documents on Maratha history, Royal period. Orient Longman. pp. 197, 198. ISBN 0-86131-086-1. OCLC 153928919.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ जिंजीचा प्रवास, VS Bendrey, pg. 6[3]
- ^ ज्वलज्वलनतेजस संभाजीराजा by Dr Sadashiv Shivade
