He succeeded the throne with the help of the
ministers at Rajgarh.
He fled from Rajgarh to jinji in 1689 due to a
Mughal invasion in which Rajgarh was captured along with Sambhaji’s wife and
son (shahu) by the Mughals.
Rajaram created the new post of Pratinidhi , thus taking the total
number of minister to nine (Pratinidhi + Ashtapradahn).