Bhonsle
The Bhonsle (or Bhonsale,Bhosale, Bhosle, Bhonslà,) are a prominent group within the Maratha clan system. Traditionally a warrior clan, some members served as rulers of several states in India, the most prominent being Chhatrapati Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire which displaced the Mughal Empire as the preeminent political and military power in India. His successors ruled as Chhatrapatis (Emperors/Maharajas) from their capital at Satara, although de facto rule of the empire passed to the Peshwas, the Maratha hereditary chief ministers, during the reign of Shahu I. In addition to the Bhonsle Chhatrapatis of Satara, rulers of the clan established themselves as junior branch of Chhatrapatis at Kolhapur, Thanjavur, and as Maharajas of Nagpur in modern-day Maharashtra in the 18th century.
After the British defeat of the Marathas in the Third Anglo-Maratha War in 1818, the four Bhonsle dynasties continued as rulers of their princely states, acknowledging British suzerainty while retaining local autonomy. The states of Satara, Thanjavur, and Nagpur came under direct British rule in the mid-nineteenth century when their rulers died without male heirs, although the British allowed titular adoptions to take place. Kolhapur state remained autonomous until India's independence in 1947, when the rulers acceded to the Indian government.
Akkalkot State, Sawantwadi State and Barshi were amongst other prominent states ruled by the Bhonsles.
Bhonsles claim their origin from Suryavanshi Sisodia Rajputs, which is widely accepted,. This genealogical tree has been presented in the city palace of Udaipur as well. Sources supporting this claim include Pandit Ganga Bhatt of Varanasi, who had been hired for the purpose by Shivaji, and in 1674 presented a genealogy tracing Shivaji's ancestry to the Sisodias of Mewar.
Scholars such as Jadunath Sarkar have contested Shivaji's Rajput origin, saying that it was a fabrication required during his coronation. Others, such as C. V. Vaidya, do not accept this and point to works authored before his rise that refer to the connection. For example, the Radha Madhav Vilas Champu, written by the poet Jayaram, mentions Shahaji Bhonsle, the father of Shivaji, as being a Sisodia Rajput and Shahji's letter to Sultan Adil Shah in 1641 refers to the Bhonsle as Rajputs. The discovery of Persian-language firmans in the 1920s also dented the claim of those such as Sarkar. The documents bear seals and tughra of Bahmani and Adil Shahi sultans and establish the direct descent of Shivaji and Ghorpade with that of Sisodia of Chittor.
The following is the Sisodia lineage which is said to have migrated from Chittor to Deccan:
Rana Ajay Singh of Mewar
Rana Sujjan Singh (Sajjan Singh)
Dilapee Singh (Dilip Singh)
Sidhoji
Bahiroji or Bhosaji
Devaravji
Ugrasen
Shubhrakrushna
Roopsinhji
Bhoomindraji
Dhapaji
Barahatji
Kheloji
Parasoji
Babaji
Maloji Bhosle
Shahaji
Shivaji
Sambhaji
Rajaram
Some of the historical accounts stating that Shahaji and Shivaji were of Rajput descent include:
In 1674, Pandit Ganga Bhatt of Varanasi presented a genealogy tracing Shivaji's ancestry to the Suryavanshi Kshatriya Sisodia of Mewar.[11]
In 1726 when Maratha armies began to make incursions into the Rajput territories, Raja Chhatrapati Shahu in a letter dated 1726 ordered his generals not to touch the Sisodia territory of Pippila state in Mewar as well as the other states in Rajputana which belonged to Sisodia. He toldg them that not only did the Rawat of Piplia and the Sisodia belong to the same family as the rulers of Satara (Bhonsle), but that it was mainly due to the courage and sacrifices made by Sisodia such as Rana Hammir, Maharana Kumbha, Maharana Sanga and Maharana Pratap that Hindu rule was preserved in India.
The Radha Madhava Vilasa Champu of the poet Jayarama (written in the court of Shahaji at Banglur, 1654) describes the Bhonsles as descendants of the Sisodias of Chittor. Jayarama's poetry was composed much before Shivaji's coronation. In a poem on Shahaji, Jayarama mentions that Shahaji was descended from Dalip (or Dilip Singh), born in the family of the Rana who was the foremost among all kings of the earth. This Dalip was a grandson of Lakshmanasen, Rana of Chittor, who came to the throne in 1303 CE.
The Shivabharata of Paramananda mentions that Shivaji and Shahji are of the Ikshvaku lineage like the Sisodias.
Parnalaparvata Grahanakhyana states that Shivaji is a Sisodia.
Bhushan the Hindi poet speaks of the Bhosales being Rajput.
Shahji in his letter to the Sultan Adilshah states he is a Rajput.
The Mughal historian Khafi Khan describes Shivaji as a descendant of the Ranas of Chittor. Khafi Khan was a very harsh critic of Shivaji, and wrote accounts condemning Shivaji to hell. He claimed that though Shivaji's ancestors did come from the family of Ranas of Chittor, they descended through an illegitimate offspring Dilip Singh.
Sabhasad Bakhar, composed by Shivaji's minister Krishna Bhaskhar in 1694, refers to Bhonsle as a Solar Dynasty clan of Sisodia Origin.
Persian Farmans(Grants) given to the ancestors of Ghorpade and Bhonsles by the Bahmani Sultans and Adil Shahi Sultans relate the Shivaji family of Bhonsle and that of Ghorpades directly with the Sisodia family of Udaipur.
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