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Also known as Jijabai Shahaji Bhosale, Rajmata Jijabai Shahaji Bhosale, Jijabai Shahaji, Jijabai Bhonsle

Rajmata Jijabai Shahaji Bhonsale (; 12 January 1598 – 17 June 1674), referred to as Rajmata Jijabai, or Jijamata, was the mother of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Kingdom. She was a daughter of Lakhujirao Jadhav of Sindkhed Raja. He belonged to the lineage of Devagiri Yadavas.

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Royalty.name
Rajmata Jijabai
Royalty.title
Raj Mata Kulmuktyar
Royalty.image
Jijabai 1999 stamp of India.jpg
Royalty.image_size
200px
Royalty.caption
Jijabai on a 1999 stamp of India
Royalty.succession1
Rajmata of the Maratha Kingdom
Royalty.reign1
1645 - 1674
Royalty.birth_name
Jijabai Lakhuji Rao Jadhav
Royalty.birth_place
Jijau Mahal, Sindkhed Raja, Ahmadnagar Sultanate(present-day Buldhana District, Maharashtra, India)
Royalty.death_place
Pachad, Maratha Kingdom(present-day Raigad District, Maharashtra, India)
Royalty.predecessor1
position established
Royalty.successor1
Soyarabai
Royalty.house
Jadhav (by birth) Bhonsle (by marriage)
Royalty.father
Lakhuji Rao Jadhav
Royalty.mother
Mhalsabai Jadhav
Royalty.religion
Hinduism

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date of birth
1598-01-01
date of death
1674-06-17
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Jijabai
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Rajmata Jijabai Shahaji Bhonsale (; 12 January 1598 – 17 June 1674), referred to as Rajmata Jijabai, or Jijamata, was the mother of Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Kingdom. She was a daughter of Lakhujirao Jadhav of Sindkhed Raja. He belonged to the lineage of Devagiri Yadavas.

==Early life== Jijabai was born on 12 January 1598, to Mhalasabai Jadhav and Lakhuji Jadhav at Sindkhed Raja in present-day Buldhana district of Maharastra. Jijabai was married at an early age to Shahaji Bhosle, son of Maloji Bhosle of Verul village, a military commander serving under the Nizam. She was a skilled horse rider, sword fighter, academician and administrator.

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