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Shivaji's father Shahaji Bhonsle was the leader of a band of mercenaries that serviced the Deccan Sultanates. His mother was Jijabai, the daughter of Lakhujirao Jadhav of Sindkhed. Both the parents belonged to the royal clans of Bhonsle a Maratha caste. His father was chief of the army of Bijapur Sultan.

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