Gomaji Naik Pansambal was a warrior and military adviser in the army of

Shivaji Maharaj Shivaji Bhonsale I (; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680), also referred to as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the declining Adilsh ...

, founder of the

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in 17th century

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. Gomaji was deputed by Lakhuji Jadhavrao. He was also a guru of Shivaji, also taught him artillery and the practice of war, especially the lance and guerilla warfare, the characteristic Maratha weapon.

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Bibliography

*Duff, Grant - ''History of the Marhattas'', Oxford University Press,

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