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Putalabai Bhosale (née Palkar) was the third wife of the Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji. She was from Palkar Family[citation needed] and married Shivaji in 1653.[1] Putalabai had no children. She committed Sati after the death of Shivaji.[1][2]

Putalabai Bhonsale
Maharani of the Maratha Kingdom
Queen consort of Maratha Empire
Tenure1674 - 1680
PredecessorSoyarabai
SuccessorYesubai
Rajmata of Maratha Empire
Tenure3 March 1680 - 27 June 1680
PredecessorSoyarabai
SuccessorSakvarbai
BornPutalabai
Died27 June 1680
Raigad Fort, Maratha Kingdom (present-day Raigad district, Maharashtra)
SpouseShivaji (m. 1653)
Names
Putalabai Shivajiraje Bhonsale
Regnal name
Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Putalabai Rani Saheb Bhosale
HousePalkar/Mohite
ReligionHinduism

In popular culture[edit | edit source]

  • Pallavi Vaidya played Putulabai in Swarajyarakshak Sambhaji, a television show that depicted the life of Shivaji Maharaj's son Sambhaji Maharaj.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jaswant Lal Mehta (1 January 2005). Advanced study in the history of modern India 1707-1813. Sterling Publishers Pvt. p. 47. ISBN 9781932705546.
  2. Duff, James Grant (1873). A History of the Mahrattas. Published at the Times of India Office.