Maharaja Serfoji II

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Maharaja Serfoji II

The exquisite 19^th-century stolen painting of Maharaja Serfoji II has been traced to a United State Museum.

About Maharaja Serfoji II

Serfoji was born on 24th September 1777. He was adopted on 22-1-1787 by King Tulaja II. Serfoji II became the Rajah of Thanjavur on 30th June 1798.
Serfoji was the last of the Bhonsle Rajas of Thanjavur. He patronized music, dance, and the fine arts.
He started a school and gave free boarding and lodging facilities. He also gave importance to Tamil education and to legible handwriting. He opened up education for girls. He revolutionized education for the female child by appointing women teachers.
His only son Shivaji ruled until 1855. Thanjavur became a casualty of Lord Dalhousie’s infamous ‘Doctrine of Lapse’.
He died in 1832.

About Painting

The painting has Raja Serfoji and his youthful son. It was probably painted between 1822 and 1827. Kept in the Saraswathi Mahal, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

Source: The Indian Express

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