Tanaji Malusare was a military assistant of Maratha King Shivaji; he came from a

Hindu Koli family[1] born in 1600AD to father Sardar Kaloji and mother Parvatibai. A local
poet Tulsidas,[a] wrote a powada describing Tanaji's heroics and sacrifice of life in
the Battle of Sinhagad at the age of 70[2], which has since made him a popular figure in
Marathi folklore.[3][4][5][b] V.D. Savarkar had written a ballad on him, which was banned by
the colonial British government.