Kanhoji Angre was the admiral of the Maratha navy, which was founded by Shivaji in the 17th century. A member of the successful Angre naval dynasty, he enforced the Maratha rule on the Arabian Sea and collected tax from the ships belonging to British East India Company and Portugese marchants. Admiral is a word from either the Arabic term amir-al-bahr, or the Irish term Ard muirfhear or Ardmurar , both meaning commander of the seas. ... Shivaji Bhonsle, also known as Chhatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaj (February 19, 1630 - April 3, 1680) was the founder of the Maratha empire in western India in 1674. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... The Arabian Sea is the part of the Indian Ocean between the Arabian Peninsula and India. ... The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as John Company, was a joint-stock company of investors, which was granted a Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, with the intent to favour trade privileges in India. ... The word Portuguese can mean: From or related to Portugal The ethnic Portuguese people, see list of Portuguese people The Portuguese language Portuguese Creole Portuguese sidewalk Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who was nicknamed My little Portuguese by her husband Robert Browning. ...
Kanhoji is also credited with the foresight that a navy's role is to keep the enemy engaged away from the shores of the land.
Kanhoji's harassment of British commercial interests (who hence called him a pirate) and the Battle of Swally led them to establish a small naval force that eventually became the modern Indian Navy.
During the Malwani Jatrotsav festival in 1995 at Parel, Mumbai, a simulation of the naval battle between Angre and the English fleet led by Charles Boon was conducted using remote-control wooden boats in an open tank (70' x 30').
Suvarnadurg was attacked by the Sidhis; Kanhoji, captured during a sortie, later managed to escape and successfully took command of the fort's defence.
In this way Kanhoji took the Otter, the Robert and the Success and blew up several other ships, quite enough for the British in Bombay to deem him not just a nuisance but a pirate, and to stir forth to bring him down.
In 1756 the Angria fleet was wrecked at Vijaydurg by British fire and the Maratha Peshwa entered into an alliance.
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