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| Vyankoji Bhosale | |
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| Raja of Thanjavur | |
| Reign | 1674-1684 |
| Predecessor | Shahaji |
| Successor | Shahuji I |
| Born | c.1632 |
| Died | c.1686 (aged 53–54) |
| House | Bhonsle |
| Father | Shahaji |
| Mother | Tukabai |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Vyankojirajah Bhonsle (born 1632) or Ekojirajah I Bhonsle was the younger half-brother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and founder of Maratha rule in Thanjavur in modern day Tamil Nadu.[1] He was the progenitor of the junior branch (cadet branch) of the Bhonsle family which ruled Thanjavur until the formal annexation of the kingdom by the British East India Company in 1855.
- ^ Kincaid, Charles Augustus, and Dattātraya Baḷavanta Pārasanīsa. A History of the Maratha People: From the death of Shahu to the end of the Chitpavan epic. Oxford University Press, 1925. 29f.