Dadoji Konddeo

Dadoji Konddeo Gochivade
दादोजी कोंडदेव
Born 1577
Malthan, Shirur Tahsil, Ahmadnagar Sultanate (present-day Maharashtra-India)
Died 7 march 1649
Poona, Ahmadnagar Sultanate (present-day Maharashtra-India)
Occupation Administrator
Known for Administration of Poona jagir
Notable work Development of Poona City

Dadoji Konddeo Gochivade (also spelled as Dadoji Konddev) was an administrator of the Poona jagir and the nearby Kondana fort appointed by Shahaji raje Bhosale, a noble man and general of the Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur .[1]

Dadoji Konddev was among the two most important persons who moulded the character of Shivaji. Dadoji was said to be a man of sterling character and simplicity.[2]

Biography

Early life

Dadoji Konddev was from a Marathi Kulkarni family from the Daund area in Maharashtra. He hailed from Malthan, in the present day Shirur Tahsil in the Pune District.[3] Dadoji Konddev, originally was a Kulkarni of the village of Malthan, who had by gradual steps risen high in Adilshahi service and was then the chief civil administrator on behalf of Adilshah at the Kondana fort, undertook to manage Shahaji's jagir .[4][5]

Dadoji and the Poona jagir

Shahaji appointed Dadoji as administrator of the Poona jaagir restored to him (Shahaji) after he joined the service of Adilshahi in 1637.Shahaji himself was based in Bangalore as the commander of Adilshah during this period.As the administrator, Dadoji established complete control over the Maval region, winning over or subduing most of the local Maval Deshpandes (chiefs).[6] Dadoji also rebuilt the settlement of Pune and got back the prominent families who had left the town during the destruction by another Adilshahi general Murar Jaggdeo in 1631.[7] Shahaji also selected Pune for the residence of his wife, Jijabai and son, Shivaji, the future founder of the Maratha empire. Dadoji also oversaw the construction of a palace in Pune, called Lal Mahal, for Jijabai and Shivaji.[8]

As the teacher of Shivaji

Shahji moved Shivaji and Jijabai from Shivneri to Pune and left them in the care of Dadoji Konddeo.[9] Jijabai entrusted the young Shivaji to the care of Dadoji Konddev for the all round development along with the martial training.[10] Shivaji was brought up and trained independently by his mother and Dadoji Konddev. It was during this time Shivaji gradully developed the ambition to carve out an independent kingdom for himself where Hindus could live honourably and fearlessly.[11][12][13]

Controversies

  • In 2008, Government of Maharashtra renamed the Dadoji Konddeo award as the Best Sports Coach award after Maratha groups protested against highlighting the Brahmin tutor's influence.[14]
  • In 2010, NCP-controlled Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) decision to remove the statue of Dadoji Konddev at Lal Mahal was claimed to be consistent with the party’s policy to encourage demands of hardline Maratha groups. It is claimed that such a stance had helped the NCP maintain its dominance among the Maratha youth in Pune and rural Maharashtra.[15] The status was removed because of the protests of Sambhaji Brigade, a Maratha group claiming that dadoji was introduced as teacher of Chhatrapati Shivaji by Brahmin historians.[16]

Legacy

  • Dadaji Kondadev Stadium, a stadium in Thane region of Mumbai in Maharashtra is named after Dadoji Konddev.[17]
  • Dadoji Konddeo award, a award given to prominent personalities who teaches, guides young generation in various fields (but renamed it as the "Best Sports Coach award" after Maratha groups protests in 2008).
  • Dadoji Konddeo Marg, a road way in Mumbai Maharashtra was named after Dadoji Konddev.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Stewart (1993). The Marathas 1600-1818 (1. publ. ed.). New York: Cambridge University. pp. 51–56. ISBN 978-0521-26883-7.
  2. ↑ Haryana Review, Volume 8. Haryana Public Relations Department. 1974. p. 42.
  3. ↑ "Daund - Info". Pune Diary. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  4. ↑ Jeneet Sorokhaibam. Chhatrapati Shivaji: The Maratha Warrior and His Campaign. Vij Publication. p. 79.
  5. ↑ Shivaram Laxman Karandikar (1969). The Rise and Fall of the Maratha Power, Volume 1. Sitabai Shivram Karandikar Publication. p. 43.
  6. ↑ Jadunath Sarkar (1919). Shivaji and His Times (Second ed.). London: Longmans, Green and Co.
  7. ↑ Gadgil, D.R., 1945. Poona a socio-economic survey part I. Economics.
  8. ↑ Haig, Wolseley (June 27, 1930). "The Maratha Nation". Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 78 (4049): 873.
  9. ↑ Duff, Esq. Captain in the first, or grenadier, regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, and late political resident at Satara. In three volumes, James Grant (1826). A History of the Mahrattas, Volume 1 (1921 ed.). London: Oxford University Press. pp. 126–128. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  10. ↑ Organiser, Volume 50. Bharat Prakashan. 1999. p. 67. She entrusted the young Shivaji to the care of Dadoji Konddev who was to look after his all round development of him along with the martial training imparted by Dadoji, the two of them also unfolded before him
  11. ↑ Ramchandra Bhikaji Joshi (1978). H.N. Apte Makers of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. p. 56.
  12. ↑ Haig, Wolseley (27 June 1930). "The Maratha Nation". Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 78 (4049): 873. doi:10.2307/41358538. (Subscription required (help)).
  13. ↑ Sarkar, Shivaji and His Times 1920, pp. 20–25.
  14. ↑ India Today International, Volume 2, Issues 14-26. Living Media International Limited. 2009. p. 21.
  15. ↑ "Why NCP needs Sambhaji Brigade". Hindustan Times'. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Sambhaji Brigade attacks Pune Mayor's office". ibnlive.com.
  17. ↑ "Dadoji Konddev Stadium" (PDF). Thane City Government.
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