Rajaram Maharaj was the second son of Shivaji Maharaj the Great.
Suddenly after the death of Sambhaji Maharaj he was forced to be a king but was actually a fugitive on the run. After many close shaves, he found himself safe but cooped up on the hills of Jinji 2000 km away. To begin with he was a king who had no army, no treasury, no training and no experience.
And it is in these turbulent times that he took on the mightiest and richest ruler of India i.e. Aurangzeb and bled the Mughal Empire to bankruptcy.
With the help of his two generals Santaji Ghorpade and Dhanaji Jadhav and two administrators Ramchandra Nilkanth and Shankaraji Narayan he out-witted, out maneuvered and defeated the Mughal armies for ten years.
He died in 1700, but his widow Tararani fought Aurangzeb till he died in 1707.
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Dr. Hemantraje Gaikwad MBBS from Grant Medical College, is the Director of the Dr. Gaikwad's Institute. He was presented The Icon of Excellence Award by the Economic Times of India, Bharatiya Chikitsa Ratna Award and BSS Karmashri Puraskar.His book, 'Shivaji Maharaj the Greatest' is translated into six languages. It is adapted into a documentary film in various languages.He is also the author of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Father of the Indian Navy, The Pratapgad War and Aurangzeb ass known from the Masir-I-Alamgiri. He was the Commandant Home Guards, Greater Mumbai and was commended for his dedication during the Tsunami by the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar, Shri Ram Kapse.Dr. Gaikwad initiated the Railway Suraksha Pathak for safety of lady commuters, the Pulse Polio campaign and Mumbai Marathon. He is proudly decorated with two service medals: Swatantra Suvarna Jayanti Padak and Maharashtra Rajya Home Guard Hirak Jayanti Padak.