Sambhaji Raje

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Yuvraj Sambhajiraje Shahu Chhatrapati (born 11 February 1971) is an Indian politician, who served as the member in the upper house of the Parliament of India. He is heir to Kolhapur royal family as the 13th direct descendant of the Maratha king, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and great-great-grandson of Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu of Kolhapur. Low profile and soft-spoken, he was the face of Maratha protest for reservation in 2011–19 before Manoj Jarange took over. He is currently an independent politician. On 11 June 2016, he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by then-President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. On 12 May 2022, he founded Maharashtra Swarajya Party, a social organisation. In July 2024, he, along with hundreds of his supporters, staged a march to the Vishalgad Fort. Violence broke out in Gajapur village, 3 km away from the fort, where his followers vandalized and ransacked several properties belonging to Muslim families.

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