Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1630–1680 CE), was a Hindu warrior king and was the founder of the

Maratha Empire The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern Indian confederation that came to dominate much of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century. Maratha rule formally began in 1674 with the coronation of Shi ...

in India. He has been considered a prominent historical figure in India. A number of films, books, plays and television serials have been produced about his life and about figures associated with him.

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* ''Shriman Yogi'' by

Ranjit Desai Ranjit loda Desai (8 April 1928 – 6 March 1992) was an Indian Marathi-language writer from Maharashtra, India. He is best known for his historical novels Swami and Shriman Yogi. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 and the Padma Sh ...

* ''Rajeshri'' by

Nagnath S. Inamdar Nagnath S. Inamdar (1923–2002) was an Indian novelist in the Marathi language whose career spanned almost five decades. Career Inamdar was born in a village in Satara district of Maharashtra, India. He rose from humble beginnings to establish hi ...

* '' Shivaji and his times '' by

Jadunath Sarkar Sir Jadunath Sarkar (10 December 1870 – 19 May 1958) was a prominent Indian historian and a specialist on the Mughal dynasty. Academic career Sarkar was born in Karachmaria village in Natore, Bengal to Rajkumar Sarkar, the local Zamindar ...

* ''Shivaji , the grand rebel'' by

Dennis Kincaid Dennis Kincaid (16 October 1905 – 10 June 1937) was a civil servant in British India, a novelist and the writer of '' chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: The Grand Rebel'', a widely respected account of the life of the sixteenth century self-made Empero ...

* ''Sadashib series'' by

Saradindu Bandopadhyay Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (30 March 1899 – 22 September 1970) was an Indian Bengali-language writer. He was actively involved with Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. The creator of the Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi, Sharadindu compos ...

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