Editing Pune (section)

=== The Maratha Empire ===
{{Main|Maratha Empire|Battle of Poona}}
Pune was part of the [[Jagir]] (fiefdom) granted by the [[Nizamshahi|Nizamshahi (Ahmadnagar Sultanate)]] to [[Maloji Bhosale]] in 1599.<ref name="Sardesai1957">{{cite book|author=Govind Sakharam Sardesai|title=New History of the Marathas: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and his line (1600–1707)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG1DAAAAYAAJ|year=1957|publisher=Phoenix Publications|page=58|isbn=9788121500654|access-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103114931/http://books.google.com/books?id=zG1DAAAAYAAJ|archive-date=3 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Maloji Bhosale]] passed on [[Jagir]] of Pune to his son [[Shahaji Bhosale]].
The town was destroyed by Murar Jagdeo, a general from the rival [[Adil Shahi dynasty]] in 1636.Soon Shahaji himself joined Adilshahi and got his Pune jagir back. At that time he selected the town for the residence of his wife [[Jijabai]], and young son Shivaji, the future founder of the Maratha empire. Shahaji appointed [[Dadoji Konddeo]] to help Jijabai in the administration of Jagir and in the reconstruction of the town. The [[Lal Mahal]] residence of Jiajabai and Shivaji was completed in 1640 AD.<ref name=":6" /> Shivaji spent his young years at the Lal Mahal. [[Jijabai]] is said to have commissioned the building of the [[Kasba Ganapati]] temple. The [[Ganesha]] idol consecrated at this temple has been regarded as the presiding deity (''[[Gramadevata]]'') of the city.<ref>{{cite web |title = Monuments in Pune|publisher = Pune district administration |url = http://pune.gov.in/history/monuments1.htm|access-date =4 April 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080325021426/http://pune.gov.in/history/monuments1.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 25 March 2008}}</ref> Pune changed hands between the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] and the Marathas many times during the rest of the 1600s. Recognizing the military potential of Pune, the Mughal general [[Shaista Khan]] and later, the emperor [[Aurangzeb]] further developed the areas around the town.<ref>{{cite web|title=Punediary|url=http://www.punediary.com/html/peths.html|publisher=Punediary|access-date=15 January 2011|archive-date=5 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605140007/http://www.punediary.com/html/peths.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pune was occupied again by Marathas in June 1670, four months to the battle of [[Sinhagad]] and remained in the hands of Marathas. From 1703 to 1705, towards the end of the 27-year-long [[Mughal–Maratha Wars]], the town was occupied by Mughal emperor [[Aurangzeb]] and its name was changed temporarily to Muhiyabad.<ref name="timesofindia-30Sep16"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/dna_english_news_and_features/The-history-of-Muhiyabad-err...-Pune/DNPUN56250|title=The history of Muhiyabad err...Pune|access-date=31 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031233457/http://dnasyndication.com/dna/dna_english_news_and_features/The-history-of-Muhiyabad-err...-Pune/DNPUN56250|archive-date=31 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> This name was abandoned and reverted to its original name soon after Aurangzeb's death.