02 June (India ) within release Chatrapati Sivaji Maharaj goes into circulation Stamp 300th Coronation Anniv Chatrapati Sivaji Maharaj (1627-1680) face value 25 Indian paisa
Stamp 300th Coronation Anniv Chatrapati Sivaji Maharaj (1627-1680) in catalogues | |
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Michel: | Mi:IN 590 |
Yvert et Tellier: | Yt:IN 392 |
Stamp is square format.
Shivaji Bhosale (c. 1627/1630[2] – 3 April 1680), was the founder of the Maratha Empire, which lasted until 1818, and at its peak covered much of the Indian subcontinent. An aristocrat of the Bhosle Maratha clan, Shivaji led a resistance to free the Maratha people from the Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur and the Mughal Empire and established a Hindavi Swarajya (""self-rule of Hindu people""). He created an independent Maratha kingdom with Raigad as its capita and was crowned chhatrapati (""paramount sovereign"") of the Marathas in 1674."