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'''Dhanaji Jadhav'''<ref name="Malgonkar1971" /> (1650<ref name="Malgonkar1971">{{cite book|author=Manohar Malgonkar|title=Chhatrapatis of Kolhapur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h1ADAAAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Popular Prakashan}}</ref>–1708) was a warrior of the [[Maratha Empire]]. Along with [[Santaji Ghorpade]] he made terrifying campaigns against [[Mughal Army]] from 1689 to 1696. After Santaji, Dhanaji became the chief of the Maratha army in 1696 and remained on the post until his death in 1708.

== Background ==
Dhanaji was born in or around 1650, to the warrior [[Maratha]] family from Sindkhed to Santaji Jadhav.<ref name="Malgonkar1971" /> Dhanaji was brought up by [[Shivaji]]'s mother [[Jijabai]] after assassination of Dhanaji's grandfather Achloji, who was Jijabai's brother. Santaji's son Shambhu (Sambhaji) also was brought up by Jijabai, and her son Shivaji after Santaji's martyrdom at the [[Battle of Pavan Khind]] with [[Baji Prabhu Deshpande]]

== Early career ==
At an early age, Dhanaji joined Maratha army under Shivaji's Military Chief [[Prataprao Gujar]].<ref name="Malgonkar1971" />
In the battles at Umbrani and Nesari, Dhanaji's performance attracted attention of Shivaji for the first time. He was named by Shivaji on his death bed among six pillars of Maratha Empire who would save the kingdom in hard times. They would end up with success in the 27 Years War between Mughal forces of Aurangzeb and the Maratha forces.

==Later career and death==
In November 1703, Aurangzeb opened talks with Dhanaji through his son Kambaksh to handover [[Chattrapati Shahu|Shahu]] to him. The talks, however, could not succeed due to the so-called extravagant demands by Dhanaji made on behalf of the Maratha king. In 1705, Maratha army containing about 40,000 soldiers headed by Dhanaji smashed into [[Surat]] and looted entire region of [[Gujarat]] up to [[Bharuch]]. Dhanaji also vanquished the Mughal army under Nazar Ali, the [[Nawab of Baroda]], at Ratanpur and brought huge treasure to Maharashtra.

In 1708, with mediation by his assistant [[Balaji Vishwanath]],<ref name="Chhabra2005">{{cite book|author=G. S. Chhabra|title=Advance Study in the History of Modern India (Volume-1: 1707-1803)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkDi6rVbckoC&pg=PA16|year=2005|publisher=Lotus Press|isbn=978-81-89093-06-8|page=16}}</ref> who would later become [[Peshwa]] in 1713, Dhanaji left [[Tarabai]] and joined hands with Shahu at Khed. Soon thereafter he died, because of leg injury, in Vadgaon (Kolhapur). Subsequently, his son Chandrasen [[Jadhavrao]] was placed on his post.

== References ==
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