Shivaji was a ferocious Marathan fighter and founder of the Marathan Empire in Bijapur, southern India. He was crowned Chhatarpati in 1674. He innovated military tactics including guerrilla warfare and revived old Hindu traditions. He fought the Mughals from 1657 to 1668. He was arrested by Aurangzeb’s army in 1665 and brought to Agra. Soon, however, he escaped cleverly and established himself in the Deccan. He greatly contributed to strengthen the Maratha power in sourthern India and died in 1680.