| RITEISH | Director and star of the historical epic Raja Shivaji. (First name) (7) |
| DAVIDMITCHELL | Star of the historical comedy Upstart Crow (5,8) |
| GENELIA | Actress starring in the film Raja Shivaji. (First name) (7) |
| SALMAN | Superstar making a cameo in the historical film Raja Shivaji. (First name) (6) |
| CHHAAVA | Which Marathi historical novel by Shivaji Sawant narrates the life of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, the son of Shivaji Maharaj? (7) |
| SHIVAJI | Historical epic film about the Maratha founder. (7) |
| PUSHKIN | Alexander --, author of the historical novel 'The Captain's Daughter' (7) |
| LINCOLN | 2012 historical epic starring Daniel Day-lewis (7) |
| RUTLAND | Smallest of the historical English counties, absorbed into Leicestershire in 1974 (7) |
| RAJMATA | Honorific used for Jijau, mother of Shivaji |
| MARATHA | Empire of Chhatrapati Shivaji |
| LEONARDO | ___ DiCaprio, star of the 2023 historical epic Killers of the Flower Moon (8) |
| IRANIAN | Asian fellow embracing raja's wife (7) |
| PARATHA | Raja's outside being introduced to course - a bread from India |
| HANS | ___ Zimmer who composed the theme music of the historical drama TV series The Crown and has also won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Lion King |
| NAPLES | Which city, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, was the capital of the historical Kingdom of the Two Sicilies? (6) |
| ECO | Italian author of the historical murder mystery, The Name Of The Rose, Umberto ... |
| CHAPATI | Raja's bread |
| GARFIELD | Andrew _, star of the 2016 historical epic Silence (8) |
| LIBYA | Republic of N Africa made up of the historical regions of Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica (5) |
