Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj   Shivaji Maharaj, the greatest Shudra mountain warrior. Shivaji Bhosale was an mountain warrior heroe and spiritual renewer shudra. His dazzling adventures have inspired generations. He was a great military leader with impeccabel morals, put into practice. But presently he has been used as an weapon by the arya brahmins. He was born on Feb 19, 1627 at fort Shivaneri. Shivaji had for his teacher and guides as a great man like Dadaji Kondadev. Shivaji had the born leader’s magnetism and threw a spell over all who knew him, drawing the best elements of the country to his side and winning the most devoted service from his officers. His dazzling victories and ever ready smile made him the idol of his soldiers. A royal gift of judging character was one of the main causes of his success. Shivaji taught the people of the country to hold their heads high, develop self-confidence and face foreign invasions boldly. He emphasized on native talent, strict discipline and believed in solicitude for peasants, old women, men and children. Shivaji’s private life was marked by a high standard of morality. Shivaji as he was born in a shudra community(Fourth Varna), none of the arya-brahmin was ready to do his coronation , atlast Gagabhatta, a famous Brahmin from Benaras put the story of Shivaji’s ancestors being kshatriyas descended from the solar dynasty of Mewar. The coronation was made by the thumb of the leg of Gagabhatta.