1. At the age of 19, Shivaji captured Torana Durga, which was under the control of Mahammad Adilshah of Bijapur.
2. After this, he won Raigarh, Simhagarh, Pratapgarh etc., one by one. Enraged by this the Sultan of Bijapur sent his general Afzal Khan to suppress Shivaji.
3. Afzal Khan wanted to kill Shivaji deceitfully. So he invited Shivaji under the pretext of reconciliation. Expecting this, Shivaji killed Afzal Khan with ‘Vyaghra Nakha’ (Tiger’s claw), a weapon that he had with him.
4. On learning these advancements of Shivaji, Aurangzeb sent his general Shaista Khan to Deccan province to curb him down. But clever Shivaji was able to defeat Shaista Khan.
5. This maddened Aurangazeb. So he sent a huge army under the leadership of Raja Jayasimha. Jayashimha defeated Shivaji and captured a few Maratha forts.
6. At the end Jayasimha invited Shivaji to come to have treaty with Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb arrested Shivaji on his arrival and kept him in the prison of Agra.
7. But Shivaji cleverly escaped from jail and reached his capital. After that, he won all the forts that he had lost to the Mughals. He attacked Surat and ransacked heavy wealth from there.
