🔥 Chhatrapati Rajaram – The Shadow That Kept Swarajya Alive ⚔️🔥 When Chhatrapati Sambhaji(chhava) was martyred and Aurangzeb’s army stormed Raigad, Swarajya teetered on the edge of collapse. But in that moment of despair, Yuvraj Rajaram refused to let his father’s dream die. Fleeing Raigad in 1689, he turned exile into resistance, carrying the Maratha flame across 700 miles to Jinji, where he was crowned 👑 Chhatrapati where he ruled, not from a throne, but from a battlefield. From Jinji to Satara, his leadership transformed the scattered Maratha forces into an unbreakable resistance, proving that Swarajya could bend, but never break. Under his command: ✅ Jinji Fort withstood an 8-year siege (1689-1698), exhausting Aurangzeb’s forces. ✅ Santaji Ghorpade & Dhanaji Jadhav crushed Mughals in guerrilla warfare, capturing and killing key generals. ✅ Marathas carried out daring raids into Mughal territories, striking as far as Malwa and Gujarat. ✅ He returned to Maharashtra in 1698, reuniting his people and prep