Tarabai | |
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Regent of the Maratha Empire Maharani of Kolhapur | |
![]() Illustration of Tarabai, c. 1928 | |
Queen Regent of the Maratha Empire | |
Reign | March 1700 – 12 January 1708, 1710 – 2 August 1714 |
Monarch | Shivaji II |
Queen Consort of the Maratha Empire | |
Reign | 11 March 1689– 3 March 1700 |
Predecessor | Jankibai |
Successor | Rajasbai |
Born | c. 1675 Satara, Maratha Empire (Present day Maharashtra, India) |
Died | 9 December 1761 Satara, Maratha Empire (present-day Maharashtra, India) | (aged 85–86)
Spouse | Rajaram (married c. 1683, died 1700) |
Issue | Shivaji II |
House | Mohite (by birth) Bhosale (by marriage) |
Father | Hambirao Mohite |
Religion | Hinduism |
Maharani Tarabai Bhosale[a] (née Mohite)[1] was the regent of the Maratha Empire from 1700 until 1708. She was the queen of Rajaram I, and daughter-in-law of the kingdom's founder Shivaji I. She is acclaimed for her role in keeping alive the resistance against Mughal rule in Konkan, and acting as the regent of the Maratha Empire during the minority of her son, Shivaji II. She defeated Aurangzeb in several battles and expanded the Maratha Empire.
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