Jankibai
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Maharani Janki Bai | |
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Empress consort of the Maratha Empire | |
Tenure | 12 March 1689 - 2 March 1700 |
Born | 1675 |
Died | 2 March 1700 |
Spouse | Rajaram Chhatrapati |
House | Bhosale |
Father | [[Prataprao Gujar]] |
Religion | Hinduism |
Janki Bhosale (née Gujar) (1675 - 2 March 1700 CE) was Empress consort of the Maratha Empire as the first wife of Rajaram Chhatrapati.
Jankibai was the daughter of [[Prataprao Gujar]], an aristocratic general, who was the commander-in-chief of the Maratha Empire.[1][page needed] Her father died in a battle against the Mughals at Nesari on 24 February 1674. Shivaji, 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 got 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.[2][page needed]
Death
On 2 March 1700, the thirty-year-old Rajaram died following a brief illness. At his funeral rites, Jankibai committed sati, that is, throwing herself onto her husband's funeral pyre.