Vyankoji Bhosale
Raja of Thanjavur from 1675 to 1684
Born
Jan 01, 1629 (397)
Died
1684-01-01
About
Vyankojirajah Bhonsle (1632–1686) or Ekoji I Bhonsle was the younger half-brother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and founder of Maratha rule in Thanjavur in modern day Tamil Nadu. He was the progenitor of the junior branch of the Bhonsle family which ruled Thanjavur until the formal annexation of the kingdom by the British East India Company in 1855.