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What if I tell you that the Fort in the picture was captured using Monitor Lizard....?
That's the story of Tanaji Manusare conquering Sinhagad using his pet Ghorpad, Yashwanti.
The story is written as a Ballad by Venu Gopal Narayan and originally published in @Swarajya
That's the story of Tanaji Manusare conquering Sinhagad using his pet Ghorpad, Yashwanti.
The story is written as a Ballad by Venu Gopal Narayan and originally published in @Swarajya
Once upon a benighted age,
Our land lay under a foreign horde.
Hampi had fallen a century before, and,
Even the Rajputs now rarely roared.
A Turkic sultanate ruled the Northern Plains,
Which itched to expand its empire south.
It eyed the Adil Shahis of Bijapur,
Who reigned from
Our land lay under a foreign horde.
Hampi had fallen a century before, and,
Even the Rajputs now rarely roared.
A Turkic sultanate ruled the Northern Plains,
Which itched to expand its empire south.
It eyed the Adil Shahis of Bijapur,
Who reigned from
Nasik to The Pennar’s mouth.
Under these trammels lay ancient Bharata,
With her traditions in tatters, and her head bowed.
Infidels in our own homes, ‘kafirs’ to our liege,
Our spirit was broken; we were cowed.
Zakat and Jiziya were our new ways of life,
After hammers had
Under these trammels lay ancient Bharata,
With her traditions in tatters, and her head bowed.
Infidels in our own homes, ‘kafirs’ to our liege,
Our spirit was broken; we were cowed.
Zakat and Jiziya were our new ways of life,
After hammers had
