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If I chose to represent him kanhoji Angria, it is for 2 reasons. First, because he attacked and captured company ships without ever being captured by the British, and because there is no mention of Indian pirates or corsairs in the history of piracy.

Kanhoji Angria grew up among sailors and served in the Navy of the Maratha Empire. At its beginning, he seizes a fort of Suvranadurg and his Killedar (commander of the fort) which earned him a rise in rank and later, after having risen in the hierarchy, Kanhoji swore allegiance to the supreme sovereign from Maratha Chhatrapati Shahu, then to Chhatrapati Shahu with whom he made an agreement because Angria supported his rival, Tarabai, who claimed the Maratha throne. Thus, he was appointed Chief of the Maratha Navy. Just before becoming chief of the Maratha Navy, he began attacking the company's merchant ships. Later, he intensified the attacks with his navy. On 4 November 1712 he captured the yacht HCS Algerine from the President of Bombay, William Aislabie, not releasing the ship until 13 February 1713 for a Jakat/tax of 30,000 rupees. After allying himself with Balaji Viswanath, he captured 2 of the company's ships, the "Somers and Grantham" near Goa as they made their voyage from England to Bombay. In 1712, he neutralized a thirty-gun warship carrying a Portuguese "armado/armé" and captured it. A treaty was finally signed by Angre and the president of the company, Aislabie, but Aislabie had to return to England in October 1715, and the new governor of Bombay, Charles Boone, who arrived on December 26, made several unsuccessful attempts to capture Angre. In retaliation, in 1718, Angre captured three East India Company merchant ships, which refused to pay the Jakat/tax and therefore held their crews to ransom. On November 29, 1721 Portuguese Viceroy Francisco José de Sampaio e Castro with British General Robert Cowan jointly attempted to capture Kanhoji with a fleet consisting of 6,000 soldiers aboard four warship-class ships led by Commander Thomas Mathews , but they failed. Aided by Mendhaji Bhatkar and his navy, Angre continued to harass and plunder European ships. Commander Matthews returned to Britain and Governor Boone soon joined him. After the departure of Boone, Angre was no longer worried until his death in 1729. He was one of his lucky men who knew how to impose his reign where piracy was severely punished by the Royal Navy.

You will notice an English ship on the left which is a warship (in relation to the attempt of the British which failed) and on the right, a Gourabe, a merchant ship very used at the time by merchants and pirates.

Description

If I chose to represent him kanhoji Angria, it is for 2 reasons. First, because he attacked and captured company ships without ever being captured by the British, and because there is no mention of Indian pirates or corsairs in the history of piracy.

Kanhoji Angria grew up among sailors and served in the Navy of the Maratha Empire. At its beginning, he seizes a fort of Suvranadurg and his Killedar (commander of the fort) which earned him a rise in rank and later, after having risen in the hierarchy, Kanhoji swore allegiance to the supreme sovereign from Maratha Chhatrapati Shahu, then to Chhatrapati Shahu with whom he made an agreement because Angria supported his rival, Tarabai, who claimed the Maratha throne. Thus, he was appointed Chief of the Maratha Navy. Just before becoming chief of the Maratha Navy, he began attacking the company's merchant ships. Later, he intensified the attacks with his navy. On 4 November 1712 he captured the yacht HCS Algerine from the President of Bombay, William Aislabie, not releasing the ship until 13 February 1713 for a Jakat/tax of 30,000 rupees. After allying himself with Balaji Viswanath, he captured 2 of the company's ships, the "Somers and Grantham" near Goa as they made their voyage from England to Bombay. In 1712, he neutralized a thirty-gun warship carrying a Portuguese "armado/armé" and captured it. A treaty was finally signed by Angre and the president of the company, Aislabie, but Aislabie had to return to England in October 1715, and the new governor of Bombay, Charles Boone, who arrived on December 26, made several unsuccessful attempts to capture Angre. In retaliation, in 1718, Angre captured three East India Company merchant ships, which refused to pay the Jakat/tax and therefore held their crews to ransom. On November 29, 1721 Portuguese Viceroy Francisco José de Sampaio e Castro with British General Robert Cowan jointly attempted to capture Kanhoji with a fleet consisting of 6,000 soldiers aboard four warship-class ships led by Commander Thomas Mathews , but they failed. Aided by Mendhaji Bhatkar and his navy, Angre continued to harass and plunder European ships. Commander Matthews returned to Britain and Governor Boone soon joined him. After the departure of Boone, Angre was no longer worried until his death in 1729. He was one of his lucky men who knew how to impose his reign where piracy was severely punished by the Royal Navy.

You will notice an English ship on the left which is a warship (in relation to the attempt of the British which failed) and on the right, a Gourabe, a merchant ship very used at the time by merchants and pirates.