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Shivaji was a great organizer and builder of civil institutions, examine this statement in the light of the difficulties of administration and the extent of success achieved by him

  • UPSC 1992
  • Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century

M.G. Ranade's famous comparison — "like the first Napoleon, Shivaji in his time was a great organizer and a builder of civil institutions" — captures a real but qualified truth about the founder of the Maratha Swarajya.

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  • Central Administration: The Ashtapradhan
  • Revenue, Judicial and Fort Administration
  • Difficulties of Administration
  • The Extent of Success

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