Sakvarbai

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Who is Sakvarbai?

Sakvarbai was a wife of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha empire in India.

Sakvarbai Gaikwad got married to Shivaji in January of 1656 and later gave birth to a daughter. After Shivaji's death in 1680, Sakvarbai had wanted to commit sati just like her husband's third wife Putalabai, who was childless. But she was not allowed to do so because she had a daughter.

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