Sakvarbai was a wife of

Shivaji Shivaji Bhonsale I (; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680), also referred to as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the declining Adi ...

, the founder of the

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in the

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and She was daughter of Nandaji Rao Gaikwad. Sakvarbai Gaikwad married Shivaji in January 1656 and later gave birth to a daughter Kamlabai . After Shivaji's death in 1680, Sakvarbai had wanted to commit ''

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'' just like her husband's third wife

Putalabai Putalabai Bhosale was the third queen of the Maratha king Shivaji. She was from Palkar Family and married Shivaji in 1653. Putalabai was the oldest of the surviving wives of Shivaji, and had no children. She committed Sati after the death of Shi ...

. But she was not allowed to do so because she had a daughter.

Death

Sakvarbai died in the captivity of

Aurangzeb Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...

, her husband's enemy, after being taken as a prisoner from

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, after it was captured, along with other family members of the royal family.

References

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