The title Chhatrapati is associated with which ruler, and in which year was it assumed?
- A.Shivaji, in 1674
- B.Baji Rao I, in 1720
- C.Rana Sanga, in 1509
- D.Hemu, in 1556
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Shivaji, in 1674. He was crowned at the Raigad fort in 1674 with the title Chhatrapati, the ceremony being performed by the scholar Gaga Bhatt, and he governed with a council of eight ministers, the Ashta Pradhan, whose head carried the title Peshwa. Option B is wrong because Baji Rao I was a Peshwa, the hereditary chief minister of the Chhatrapati, and never held the imperial title himself. Option C is wrong because Rana Sanga was the Sisodia ruler of Mewar who fought Babur at Khanwa in 1527 and used the style of Maharana. Option D is wrong in title though right in year: Hemu, the general of the Sur line, took the old Indian title Vikramaditya at Delhi in 1556 before being defeated in the second battle of Panipat.
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Practice Questions
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- B.Devanampiya and Piyadassi
- C.Amitraghata and Ekabrahmana
- D.Shiladitya and Satyashraya
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- B.Samudragupta
- C.Chandragupta II
- D.Skandagupta
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- B.Gautamiputra Satakarni
- C.Rudradaman I
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- C.Chandragupta II
- D.Chandragupta I
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- A.Qutbuddin Aibak
- B.Iltutmish
- C.Balban
- D.Firoz Shah Tughlaq
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