(c) Why did Shahaji Raje leave Nizamshahi ?
(c) Shahaji Raje left the Nizamshahi because of political instability, conspiracy and the murder of Lakhujirao Jadhav at the instigation of the Nizamshah himself.
Write the answers in two or three sentences.
(a) Whose stories did Jijabai tell Shivaji ?
(a) Jijabai told Shivaji the stories of Ram, Krishna, Bhima and Abhimanyu besides Namdev, Dnyaneshwar and Eknath.
(b) Why did Shahaji Raje declare the child heir from the Nizamshah’s family as the new Nizamshah?
(b) Shahaji Raje nominated a member of the Nizamshah’s family as the new Nizamshah, thereby creating an independent state and preventing the Mughals and Wazir Fateh Khan from capturing Nizamshah territory.
