

Sambhaji formally ascended the throne on 20 July 1680. On 18 June, he acquired control of Raigad fort. Upon hearing this news, Sambhaji plotted his escape and took possession of the Panhala fort on 27 April after killing the fort commander. : 48 Shivaji's widow and Sambhaji's stepmother, Soyrabai after her husband's death installed the couple's son, Rajaram, a lad of 10, on the throne on 21 April 1680. Some of the influential sardars including ministers Annaji Datto and Peshawa Moropant Pingale conspired against Sambhaji, supported by Soyarabai, to prevent Sambhaji from succeeding the throne. When Shivaji died in the first week of April 1680, Sambhaji was still held captive at Panhala fort. Upon returning home, Sambhaji was unrepentant and was put under surveillance at Panhala. Sambhaji escaped from the fort with his wife and defected to the Mughals in December 1678 for a year, but then returned home when he learnt of a plan by Dilir Khan, the Mughal viceroy of Deccan to arrest him and send him to Delhi. Sambhaji's behaviour, including alleged irresponsibility and addiction to sensual pleasures led Shivaji to imprison his son at Panhala fort in 1678 to curb his behaviour. House arrest and defection to the Mughals : 4 Yesubai gave birth to a daughter named Bhavani Bai and then to a son named Shahu. This marriage thus gave Shivaji access to the Konkan coastal belt. Jivubai was the daughter of Pilajirao Shirke, who had entered Shivaji's service following the defeat of a powerful deshmukh Rao Rana Suryajirao Surve who was his previous patron. Sambhaji was married to Jivubai in a marriage of political alliance per Maratha custom she took the name Yesubai. In this period Shivaji and Sambhaji fought alongside the Mughals against the Sultanate of Bijapur. However, the two sides reconciled and had cordial relations during the period 1666–1670. Aurangzeb put both of them under house arrest but they escaped on 22 July 1666. He and his father Shivaji presented themselves at Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb's court at Agra on. As a result of the treaty, Sambhaji became a Mughal mansabdar. At the age of nine, Sambhaji was sent to live with Raja Jai Singh I of Amber as a political hostage to ensure compliance of the Treaty of Purandar that Shivaji had signed with the Mughals on 11 June 1665. His mother died when he was two years old and he was raised by his paternal grandmother Jijabai. Sambhaji was born at Purandar fort to Saibai, Shivaji's first wife. In 1689, Sambhaji was captured, tortured and executed by the Mughals, and succeeded by his brother Rajaram I. Sambhaji's rule was largely shaped by the ongoing wars between the Maratha kingdom and Mughal Empire as well as other neighbouring powers such as the Siddis, Mysore and the Portuguese in Goa.

He was successor of the realm after his father's death, and ruled it for nine years. He was the eldest son of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire and his first wife Saibai. Sambhaji ( – 11 March 1689) was the second ruler of the Maratha kingdom. Check all videos related to sambhaji movie full.
