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Shivaji learned skills of war from Dadaji Kondadev.Shivaji learned the military training and learnt the art of government from Dadaji Kondadev.Dadaji Kondadev was administrator of the Pune jaagir.

Shivaji born at Shivneri Fort in Maharashtra, India. Near the city of Junnar in Pune District on 19 February  1627. Jijabai his mother named him Shivaji in honor of the god Shiva, to whom she had prayed for a healthy child.

Shivaji was born to Jijabai and Shahaji Bhonsle , in 1627 A.D  at Shivneri fort near Junnar, Pune. Shahaji Bhonsle worked as an officer in the army of the Sultan of Bijapur. He was brought up under the care and supervision of his mother.

Raigarh , Purandhar , Torna all these forts were captured by Shivaji.Raigarh fort was seized by Shivaji and then he renovated and built the fort and it became the capital of Shivaji Maharaj's Empire . At the age of 19 yeas he captured the Torna fort and than Purandhar.

Shivaji celebrated his coronation in 1674 at Raigarh.On 6th June 1674 , Shivaji coronation was performed according to the Shastras by Vishweshwar, also called Gaga Bhatta, of Varansi, a master of the four Vedas and all the Hindu Scriptures. After that he called as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Shivaji's teacher was Dadaji Konda - dev. Shivaji grew up at Pune under the strict supervision of his mother and his teacher . Dadaji Konda-dev made Shivaji an administrator and an expert soldier.

The person who established the village used to become Patil. Patil was not a government post or self occupied post. Virtues and works of the person used to make him a Patil. Later on this post became hereditary. Patil became the Village King and later received government honor, even after receiving many posts.

Women's life in those days was full of hardship. Their world was confined to the house of first their father , and then their husband. Their education was neglected. Only a few exceptional women had achieved any progress in literacy, administration and battle skills. Customs like child marriage, unequal marriages, widowhood, keshwapan, sati, polygamy had imposed harsh restriction on the way women lived.

Sher Shah started the Suri dynasty in 1540 by defeating Humayun. He was one of the greatest administrators of medieval India. During his rule, he introduced Dam- small copper coin,  Mohur, the gold coin and Rupiya the silver coin. His silver rupee coins weighed 180 grains, of which 175 grains were pure silver. Sher Shah’s name and title and place of mint were invariably inscribed on the coins in Arabic characters. 

In Akbar's reign, the principal outlets for foreign sea trade were ports of Cambay and Surat. The chief exports of Mughal empire during Akbar's reign were textiles,  pepper, indigo, opium and other drugs and other miscellaneous goods, while imports from abroad included horses, raw silk, metals, ivory, coral, amber drugs and Chinese goods.