Shivaji died on April 3, 1680. He was 50 years of age during his time of death. He died at Raigad due to high fever for three weeks. His son Sambhaji took over the title of the Emperor of the Maratha Empire. Shivaji was a freedom fighter. He was a mastermind when it came to military strategy. He had constructed over 300 forts as a part of a strategy along the western part of India. Shivaji was a very religious person and also did a lot for the Islam community. Even till this date, his freedom struggle remembered by everyone in India.

 Shivaji died on 4 April 1680, due to ill-health. He breathed his last at Raigad. He succumbed to fever which affected his health for three weeks. He was 53 at the time of his death. The poet Bhushan who lived during the times of Shivaji penned these lines at the time of his death: "Kasihki Kala Gayee, Mathura Masid Bhaee; Gar Shivaji Na Hoto, To Sunati Hot Sabaki!"(Kashi has lost its splendour, Mathura has become a mosque; If Shivaji had not been, all would have been converted.)

Taking advantage of his untimely death, Aurangzeb the Mughal Emperor and his armies grouped together to attach the Maratha empire built by Shivaji. However the plans of the Mughal king were foiled thanks to the impressive might of staunch Shivaji followers like Peshwa Baji Rao.