INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the British Raj, Jawali was under the Phaltan Princely State ruled by Royal Naik Nimbalkar.

Detailed explanation-2: -The region of Javali was ruled by Chandrarao More, a powerful sardar in the Adilshahi. Shivaji Maharaj attacked Javali and captured it in A.D. 1656. Then he also captured Rairi. This strong fort, later under the name of Raigad, was to become the capital of Shivaji Maharaj.

Detailed explanation-3: -The region of Javali was ruled by Chandrarao More, a powerful sardar in the Adilshahi. Shivaji Maharaj attacked Javali and captured it in A.D. 1656. Then he also captured Rairi. This strong fort, later under the name of Raigad, was to become the capital of Shivaji Maharaj.

Detailed explanation-4: -Following his father’s release, Shivaji resumed raiding, and in 1656, under controversial circumstances, killed Chandrarao More, a fellow Maratha feudatory of Bijapur, and seized the valley of Javali, near the present-day hill station of Mahabaleshwar, from him.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jaoli (or Jawali) principality was a Jagir of Maratha Morè (clan) which is located in the western part of the present day Maharashtra state. Jaoli was seen as a strategically important by Shivaji Maharaj as it is surrounded by dense forest with 13 forts.