UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 1999 · Q7 · 60 marks
Examine circumstances leading to rise of Shivaji. Throw light on his legacy.
- Chapter
- Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century
- Topic
- Shivaji and the Rise of the Marathas
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