Yesubai
Yesubai (d. after 1719) was the wife of the second Maratha Chhatrapati Sambhaji. Her name was changed from Rajau to Yesubai as per Maratha tradition.
She was the daughter of Pilajirao Shirke, a Maratha sardar (chieftain), who was in the service of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Yesubai was taken prisoner along with her son, Shahu, when the Maratha fort at Raigad was captured by the Mughals in 1689. Aurangzeb never looked after them, although they were carried with him from place to place. After Aurangzeb's death in 1707, his son, the new Mughal emperor Azam, released Shahu to incite divisions in Maratha ranks. The Mughals, however, kept Yesubai captive for another decade or so to ensure that Shahu kept to the terms of the treaty he signed upon his release.
Finally, in 1719, the Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath Bhat got her released when he negotiated a wide-ranging treaty with the Mughals that recognized Shahu as the rightful heir of Shivaji. He overthrew the rule of Shivaji II upon arrival to Deccan, being the son of the elder brother.
Currently, she is portrayed by Kirti Adarkar in the T.V. series Peshwa Bajirao (TV series).
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