The Early Years of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, 1624 to 1648: Episode 1
This episode covers 1624 to 1648, when the young Shivaji openly defied the Adil Shahi dynasty and took direct control of the forts around his father Shahaji's jagir at Pune.
It explores how his rebellion was not only a local power struggle but part of a larger story of resistance to foreign imperial rule in India.
Chapters
00:00 Intro: Battle of Batvadi
01:30 The rise of the Marathas
02:10 Birth of Shivaji at Shivneri fort
02:33 Fall of the Nizamshahi Sultanate
02:45 Shahaji Raje revives the Nizamshahi Sultanate
03:20 Shahaji Raje signs the Treaty of Mahuli with the Mughals
04:30 Dadoji Kondev in Pune
05:00 Geography of the Pune jagir
06:04 Maval and the Mavales
06:50 Shivaji travels to Bangalore
07:13 Shivaji at odds with his guardian
07:38 Dadoji's death in 1646
07:50 Shivaji takes control of the forts
08:50 End
