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🇮🇳 #KnowYourBharat #LostInHistory Bravest of Brave Sardar Yesaji Kank Born In KankDynasty Kshatriya Koli Family,Rajgad to Dadoji Kank.He was Commander in Chief,Maratha Army fr 30yrs.He was at home only for 22 days in 30yrs.Yesaji Fought Great Battle Of Pratapgad Victoriously 1/4 
🇮🇳Sardar Yesaji Kank Was Famous For His Fight With Qutub Shah’s Elephant. Qutub Shah Asked Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj How Many Elephants he has & he replied My Soldiers Are My Elephants. Qutub Shah challenged for Duel Between His Drunken Elephant& Shivaji Maharaj’s Soldier 🚩2/4
🇮🇳 Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Chose Sardar Yesaji Kank Because he Was 7Ft Tall, A Very Brave, Skilled & Powerful Warrior & also Sardar Of His Army. Yesaji Kank Fought With the Drunken Elephant & Cut Off Its Trunk. Qutub Shah’s Drunken Elephant ran Away From the Fight In Fear🚩3/4
🚩 #Thread #LostHistory 🚩1/n The Untold Legend of #HadiRani
Hadi Rani - A familiar name in Mewar but unknown to Rest of India.The daughter of Hada Chauhan Rajput & married to Chundawat chieftain of Salumbar in Mewar who sacrificed herself to motivate her husband to go to war🚩
Hadi Rani - A familiar name in Mewar but unknown to Rest of India.The daughter of Hada Chauhan Rajput & married to Chundawat chieftain of Salumbar in Mewar who sacrificed herself to motivate her husband to go to war🚩
🚩2/n When Maharana Raj Singh I (1653–1680) of Mewar called his Commander to join the battle against Aurangzeb, the Commander - having married only a few days earlier hesitated but the Inner Strength of Rajput Self honour finally made him join the battle despite hesitatingly🚩
🚩3/n The Commander asked his wife #HadiRani , for some memento to take with him to the battlefield. Thinking that she was an obstacle to his doing his duty for Mewar, she cut off her head and put it on a plate. A servant covered it with a cloth and presented it to her husband🚩
🇮🇳#KnowYourBharat #LalitadityaMuktapida, the great king of #Kashmir from the 8th Century ruled for 36 years during which he defeated the Arabs, the Momin of Bukhara (Uzbekistan) & subdued the Turks & the Tibetans 🚩(1/4)
🚩 He not only protected his subjects & kingdom but built a giant empire by means of aggressive strategies and military prowess. His empire stretched from Central Asia to the Gangetic Plain and was at least twice the size of the #MughalEmpire during its peak🚩(2/4)
He was known to be an able administrator who also patronized various Arts,Crafts & different branches of learning. He built #MartandSunTemple, a specimen of Architectural brilliance; the ruins of which can be found at #Anantnag in Union Territory of #JammuandKashmir 🚩(3/4)
