Fadnavis declined to wear the headgear and told the organisers that the jiretop should be on Chhatrapati Shivaji’s head and that he is just a mavala (a soldier of the Maratha king). During the ...

He began his real career of conquest in 1656, when he conquered Javli from the Maratha chief, Chandra Rao more. The conquest of Javli made him the undisputed master of the Mavala area, or the ...