Maharaja Serfoji II

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Recently, the exquisite 19th century stolen painting of Maharaja Serfoji II has been traced to a US museum.

About Painting

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

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Maharaja Serfoji II

• Serfoji was the last of the Bhonsle Rajas of Thanjavur. 
• He died in 1832. 
• His only son Shivaji ruled until 1855. 
• Thanjavur became a casualty of Lord Dalhousie’s infamous ‘Doctrine of Lapse’.

Saraswathi Mahal Library 

• In 1918, it was opened to the public at Thanjavur.
• The library even today boasts of over 40,000 rare manuscripts and paintings.

Source: IE