Jankibai

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{{Infobox royalty
| consort = yes
| name = Janki Bai
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| succession = [[Empress consort]] of the [[Maratha Empire]]
| reign = 12 March 1689 - 2 March 1700
| title = [[Empress]] of the [[Maratha Empire]] <br> Rani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Jankibai Raje Sahib Bhonsle
| predecessor = [[Yesubai Bhonsale]]
| successor = [[Tarabai]]
| spouse = [[Rajaram I]]
| issue =
| house = [[Bhosale]]
| father = [[Prataprao Gujar]]
| mother =
| birth_date = 1675
| birth_place =
| death_date = 2 March 1700
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| religion = [[Hinduism]]
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'''Janki Bhosale''' ([[née]] Gujar) (1675 - 2 March 1700 CE) was [[Empress consort]] of the [[Maratha Empire]] as the first wife of [[Rajaram I]].

Jankibai was the daughter of [[Prataprao Gujar]], an [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocratic]] general, who was the [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Maratha Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ranade|first=Mahadeo Govind|title=Rise of the Maratha power|publisher=Hesperides Press}}</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2017}} Her father died in a battle against the [[Mughals]] at Nesari on 24 February 1674. [[Shivaji Maharaj]], the king of the Marathas upon hearing the solemn news, grieved his general's death. As a result, he married his second son, the ten-year-old Rajaram to the five-year-old Jankibai. They were married in a grand ceremony that took place in [[Raigad Fort]] on 7 March 1680. Her father-in-law Shivaji died on 3 April 1680, twenty five days after her marriage.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mehta|first=Jashwant Lal|title=Advanced study in the history of modern India 1707-1813}}</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2017}}

==Death==
On 2 March 1700, the thirty-year-old Rajaram died following a brief illness. At his funeral rites, Jankibai committed ''[[Sati (practice)|sati]]'', that is, throwing herself onto her husband's funeral pyre.

==References==
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[[Category:Women of the Maratha Empire]]
[[Category:Indian queen consorts]]
[[Category:1675 births]]
[[Category:1700 deaths]]
[[Category:17th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:17th-century Indian people]]

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