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-'''Maharao Shekhaji''' (1433–1488) was a [[Kshatriya]] [[Rajput]] King in 15th-century [[India]]. He is the namesake of the [[Shekhawati]] region, comprising the districts of [[Sikar district|Sikar]], [[Churu district|Churu]] and [[Jhunjhunu district|Jhunjhunu]] in the modern Indian state of [[Rajasthan]]. His descendants are known as the "Shekhawat".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hooja |first1=Rima |title=A History of Rajasthan |date=2006 |publisher=Rupa & Company |page=397}}</ref>
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-==Birth==
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-On Rao Mokal's Death in AD 1445, the twelve year old Maharao Shekhaji Succeeded his father's estates at [[Amarsar]]. His parents are said to have sought prayers from a [[Pir (Sufism)|pir]] Sheikh, after whom Shekhaji was named.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hooja |first1=Rima |title=A History of Rajasthan |date=2006 |publisher=Rupa & Company |page=397}}</ref>
-Shekhaji succeeded as the head of the Nayan and Barwada estate, along with 24 more villages, at the age of 12, as a result of the untimely death of his father Mokal Ji in 1445.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh Shekhawat|first=Thakur Surjan|title=Rao Shekha}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=May 2020}}
-==Life==
-When Shekhaji inherited his father's estate, his reputation and power attracted the jealousy of the Lord Paramount of [[Jaipur State|Amber]]. He was attacked, but thanks to the aid of the [[Pathans of Rajasthan|Punnee Pathans]] he successfully withstood the reiterated assaults of his suzerain lord. Up to this period they had acknowledged the Amber princes as liege lords, and in token of the alliance paid as tribute all the colts reared on the original estate. A dispute on this point was the ostensible cause (though subordinate to their rapid prosperity) of intermittent separations of the Shekhawat colonies from the parent state, which lasted until the reign of Sawai Jai Singh, who brought submission and pecuniary relief from them. Shekhaji left a well-established position to his youngest son Raimal.<ref name=":04">{{Cite book|last=James tod|url=http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/document/eXlWV2YwcUJjMmk5NStkV1dBOWlUVmtoM2tNa2hCUFBxMlo0MGd1QzRiND0|title=Clear writing edition of - Annals & Antiquities of Rajasthan or the central & western Rajput states of India|publisher= madras Higginbotham and co 165 mount road|year=1873|page=360]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Hooja|first=Rima|title=A History of Rajasthan|publisher=Rupa & Company|year=2006|isbn=9788129115010}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=May 2020}}. After Rao Raimal , Rao Lunkaran was made the Head of Amarsar. After is Death, the Ancestral seat of Amarsar was succeeded by his Son Rao Manohar. Later [[Shahpura, Jaipur|Shahpura]], became the capital of Old Amarsar - Manoharpur line of Shekhawats.<ref name=":08">{{cite book |last1=Hooja |first1=Rima |title=A History of Rajasthan |date=2006 |publisher=Rupa & Company |page=499}}</ref>
-==Death==
-Shekhaji died in 1488 fighting the Gaur Rajputs in the war of Ghatwa defending the modesty and self-respect of a newlywed lady. Shekhaji took his last breath at Ralawta. A [[cenotaph]] (''Chhatri'') was built where he died. A statue of Shekhaji was also inaugurated in the same place by the President of India Smt. [[Pratibha Patil]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sinh|first=Ranbir|title=History Of Shekhawats|publisher=Publication Scheme|year=2001|isbn=8186782745|location=Jaipur}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=May 2020}} [[File:Innorgration of maharao shekha statue.jpg|thumb|Inauguration of Maharao Shekha statue by Honorable [[President of India]] [[Pratibha Patil]]]]
-==See also==
-*[[History of Rajasthan]]
-*[[Rajput]]
-*[[Rajputana]]
-*[[James Tod]]
-*[[Shahpura, Jaipur|Shahpura]]
-==References==
-{{Reflist}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Shekha Of Amarsar}}
-[[Category:15th-century Indian monarchs]]