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Shivaji Bhosale ([ʃiʋaˑɟiˑ bʱoˑs(ə)leˑ]; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680), with the royal title Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was a Maratha sovereign who founded the Maratha Empire, which, at its peak, covered much of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing a territory of over 2.8 million km². Shivaji as an aristocrat of the Bhosle clan led a resistance to free the Maratha people from the 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 capital. He was crowned as Chhatrapati ("sovereign") of the Maratha empire in 1674.
He established a competent and progressive civil rule with the help of a well-regulated and disciplined military and well-structured administrative organizations. He also innovated rules of military engagement, pioneering the "Shiva sutra" or ganimi kava (guerrilla tactics), which leveraged strategic factors like geography, speed, surprise and focused pinpoint attacks to defeat his larger and more powerful enemies From a small contingent of 2,000 soldiers inherited from his father, he created a formidable force of 100,000 soldiers. He built and restored forts located strategically on land & sea for secure lands and coastline. He revived ancient Hindu political tradition & court conventions, and promoted Marathi and Sanskrit in court and administration usage. He is well known for his strong religious and warrior code of ethics and exemplary character. He was recognized as a great national hero during Indian Independence movement.
Shivaji Satam is renowned Indian TV serial and film actor, born on 21 April 1950. A retired police officer,he has appeared in many Hindi as well as Marathi films. In Hindi his famous films are Vaastav, Ghulam-E-Mustafa, Yeshwant, China Gate, Taxi No 9211, Jis Desh Me Ganga Reheta Hai, Hu Tu Tu. In Marathi he has got recognition through movies like Uttarayan. But what made him popular was his role as "ACP Pradyuman" in popular TV series C.I.D. on Sony Entertainment Television.
Shivaji also has been nominated for Best Actors award for Star Screen Award for Ghulam-E-Mustafa.
Shivaji Satham is Maratha famely mumbai graduated in Chemistry and then did a Diploma in Business Administration. He then got a job of banking and then as superintendent of police in central India.. Shivaji was quite fond of theatre. His acting talent was first recognized when he participated in the inter bank stage competition. Shivaji made his screen debut in 1980 in the popular TV series Rishte-Naate. In 1988, he appeared in the series Famous Trials of India. He played a role in the successful Marathi show Ek Shunya Shunya. He then appeared in numerous serials and many films and became noted for appearing in the Hindi films Vaastav, Kurushetra and 100 Days. Despite acting in so many movies, Shivaji became widely popular for playing ACP Pradyuman in C.I.D. (TV series). He is internationally known for appearing in C.I.D. He has been appearing in C.I.D. since 1998 and has earned international fame for appearing in this detective series.