Born at Shivneri Fort
· Shivneri Fort, Junnar, Maharashtra, India
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International · file Shivaji was born at the hill-fort of Shivneri near Junnar. The fort and its surrounding Pune-region landscape formed the geographical setting of his earliest life. Coordinates identify Shivneri Fort; modern sources differ over calendrical interpretation of the birth date, while 19 February 1630 is the date officially accepted in Maharashtra.
