Malojiraje Chhatrapati | |
|---|---|
| Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Succeeded by | Rajesh Vinayakrao Kshirsagar |
| Constituency | Kolhapur North |
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| Political party | |
Malojiraje Chhatrapati (also known as Chhatrapati Malojiraje Shahu [1] ) is an Indian politician and a former member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is the secretary of All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society.
Malojiraje Chhatrapati belongs to the Kolhapur royal family, [2] and is a descendant of the Shahu of Kolhapur. [3] In 2004,he entered the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly with a ticket from Indian National Congress,defeating the Shiv Sena. He participated in the 2009 elections and lost to Rajesh Vinayakrao Kshirsagar which made him to ignore politics. [4] The Congress offered him ticket to contest the Maharashtra assembly elections again in 2014,however,he was seen writing a letter to Manikrao Thakre,the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee stating that he has been very less active in politics. [2] Earlier,he had led the party at a municipal corporation level. [4]
In January 2021,Chhatrapati re-entered the politics again and participated in the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation elections. He is the secretary of Pune based All India Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial Society. [4]
On 2 September 2022,Chhatrapati was elected as a member of the executive committee of the All India Football Federation. [5]
Kolhapur is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Satara is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India,near the confluence of the river Krishna and its tributary,the Venna. The city was established in the 16th century and was the seat of the Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire,Shahu I. It is the headquarters of Satara Tehsil,as well as the Satara District. The city gets its name from the seven forts (Sat-Tara) which are around the city. The city is known as a Soldier's city as well as Pensioner's city.
Shahu Bhonsle I was the fifth Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire founded by his grandfather,Shivaji I. He was born into the Bhonsle family,and was the son of Sambhaji I and Yesubai. At a young age,he was taken into custody at the Siege of Raigad by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb,and held captive by the Mughals. He was released from captivity after the death of Aurangzeb in the hope of engineering an internecine struggle among the Maratha factions of Tarabai and Shahu Raja. Raja Shahu emerged victorious in the bloody Battle of Khed and was crowned the Chhatrapati.
Shahu of the Bhonsle dynasty of Marathas was a Raja and the first Maharaja (1900–1922) of the Indian princely state of Kolhapur. Rajarshi Shahu was considered a true democrat and social reformer. Shahu Maharaj was an able ruler who was associated with many progressive policies during his rule. From his coronation in 1894 till his demise in 1922,he worked for the cause of the lower caste subjects in his state. Primary education to all regardless of caste and creed was one of his most significant priorities.
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