Soyarabai
Sign in to saveSoyarabai Bhosale (née Mohite; 1634–1681) was the second wife of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Kingdom in western India. She was the mother of Shivaji's second son, Rajaram. She was the younger sister of the Maratha army chief, Hambirrao Mohite.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Child
- Rajaram I
- Sibling
- Hambirao Mohite
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- date of death
- 1680-01-01
- floruit
- 1659-00-00
- cause of death
- intoxication
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Soyarabai Bhosale (née Mohite; 1634–1681) was the second wife of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Kingdom in western India. She was the mother of Shivaji's second son, Rajaram. She was the younger sister of the Maratha army chief, Hambirrao Mohite.
==Early life== Soyarabai was the daughter of Sambhaji Mohite, whose sister Tukabai was the second wife of Shahaji. The precise date of Soyarabai's marriage to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is unclear, but various sources give the years as 1642, 1650 and 1660. In all probability, Soyarabai was married before 1650. The marriage took place when Shivaji visited his father Shahaji at Bangalore with his mother Jijabai. Tukabai, the stepmother of Shivaji and paternal aunt of Soyarabai, insisted on the marriage.
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