Jijabai Bhonsale | |
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Kulmuktyar Rajmata of the Maratha Empire | |
![]() Jijabai on a 1999 stamp of India | |
Rajmata of the Maratha Empire | |
Reign | 1645 - 1674 |
Born | Jijabai Lakhuji Rao Jadhav 12 January 1598 Jijau Mahal, Sindkhed Raja, Ahmadnagar Sultanate (present-day Buldhana District, Maharashtra, India) |
Died | Pachad, Maratha Empire (present-day Raigad District, Maharashtra, India) | 17 June 1674 (aged 76)
Spouse | Shahaji (m.1605 - 1664) |
Issue | |
House | Jadhav (by birth)[1] Bhonsle (by marriage) |
Father | Lakhuji Rao Jadhav |
Mother | Mahalsabai Jadhav |
Religion | Hinduism |
Jijabai Shahaji Bhonsale (née Jadhav; 12 January 1598 – 17 June 1674[2]), referred to as Rajmata Jijabai, was the mother of Chattrapati Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire.[3][4] She was a daughter of Lakhujirao Jadhav of Sindkhed Raja.[5]