Shivaji was the founder of Maratha dynasty and a warrior king of Maharashtra. He is popularly known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Shivaji was born in the Shivneri Fort in Maharashtra on 19 February 1630 to mother Jijabai and father Shahaji bhosale. It is said that mother Jijabai to goddess Shivai on Shivneri fort for a brave son and kept her son name as "Shivaji".