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# Shivaji and His Times c15.2

Shivaji and His Times c15.2

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### [c15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c15.2)

Wives :—1. Sai Bai (nee Nimbalkar), died 5 Sep. 1659 \[Jedhe S.\]; mother of Shambhuji (born 14 May 1657.)  
2. Soyrā Bai (nee Shirké), put to death by Shambhuji in 1680; mother of Rajaram (born 24 Feb. 1670.)  
3. Putlā Bai (nee Mohité), burnt herself with Shivaji's corpse, 1680.  
4. Sākwār Bai (nee Gaikwad), married January 1656 \[Jedhe S.\]; remained a captive in the hands of the Mughals for many years after the fall of Raigarh in 1689.  
5. One wife who died about 1st March 1674, \[according to the letter of Narayan Shenvi from Raigarh, dated 4th April.\] 6 & 7. Two wives, married just before the coronation, \[according to Oxinden's Letter from Rairi, dated 27 May\],—"married on 30th May 1674 with Vedic mantras" \[acc. to Jedhe S., which does not mention how many ladies were married on that day.\]  
8. One wife, married on 8th June 1674. \[Acc. to Oxinden's Narrative at Rairi, under date 8th June, "The Rajah was married to a fourth wife without any state or ceremony."\]

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