1. Rajaram I was the second son of Shivaji, the founder of the empire, and younger brother of Sambhaji whom he succeeded.
16 Facts About Rajaram I
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Rajaram I was succeeded by his infant son Shivaji II under the regentship of his Rajmata Maharani Tarabai.
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Rajaram I was thirteen years younger than his brother, Sambhaji.
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Rajaram I then moved towards to the Bhavani temple at Pratapgad.
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Rajaram I who was in Panhala slipped through the besieging lines.
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When Rajaram I had retired from Maharastra to Jinji, there was virtually no money in his treasury.
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In turn, Aurangzeb profusely offered lands, titles and rewards as inducements to Maratha lords to renounce Rajaram I and accept Mughal service.
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Rajaram I successfully escaped due to intervention of the Shirke family who hid him in the Mughal camp itself and then furnished him with horses to travel first to Vellore and later to Vishalgad.
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Rajaram I then set his objectives on rallying the Maratha army to drive out the Mughal invaders.
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Rajaram I led a large Maratha force to attack the Mughal city of Jalna which he successfully plundered and set on fire.
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Rajaram I fought a continuous series of rearguard actions for fifty miles, before reaching Sinhgad.
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The hardships and exposure of the chase had aggravated a weakness of Rajaram I's lungs contracted at Jinji.
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Rajaram I died of lung disease in 1700 at Sinhagad near Pune in Maharashtra leaving behind widows and infants.
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Rajaram I was shortly deposed by Rajasbai, the other surviving widow of Rajaram.
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Rajaram I installed her own son by Rajaram called Sambhaji II on the Kolhapur throne.
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The Satara seat passed to a grandson of Rajaram I called Ramaraja after he was adopted at the insistence of Tarabai, by Shahu who did not have a natural male heir.