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Sarkar on "What Maharashtra Teaches Us" 1/n
"In nobility of aims and manly persistence of endeavour the Maratha people have an advantage which no other race in India possesses. They alone among the Hindus had beaten back the tide of Muslim conquest and defended the independence of their........ 2/n
country against all the resources of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzib. The Marathas have a historic advantage of unique importance in the India of today. Their near ancestors had faced death in a hundred battle-fields, had led armies and.... 3/n
debated in the chamber of diplomacy, had
managed the finances of kingdoms and grappled witli the problems of Empire.The same honourable spirit is still being shown by the sons of Maharashtra."- Sir Jadunath Sarkar (He accepted he got it wrong earlier in a way)
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But but But..It was the Bengali-Maratha revolutionary partnership which the British feared (on record)..Tagore, Bankim, Aurobindo all wrote on Hindutva History of Marathas Sarkar's best friend was Sardesai.
He wanted to settle in Maharashtra.
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Sarkar on "What Maharashtra Teaches Us" 1/n @KshatriyaItihas
"In nobility of aims and manly persistence of endeavour the Maratha people have an advantage which NO OTHER race in India possesses. They ALONE among the Hindus had beaten back the tide of Muslim conquest and defended the independence of their........ 2/n