Many moons ago, when the Peshwas still ruled in Pune, it was a practise to reward deserving Brahmins at Parvati hill.

A separate Dakshina fund was set aside for this purpose.

The Dabhades largely funded it. Image
Come 1818, and the British defeated the last Peshwa. The administration passed to them, including the Dakshina fund.

Mountstuart Elphinstone understood the importance of not having knee jerk reactions.

The Dakshina fund continued ... Image
But not in its previous form. It's funds were diverted to the Sanskrit Pathshala

An institution created for the study of scriptures and Sanskrit in 1821.

Later christened Poona College Image
It became the Deccan college in 1868 (the same year COEP was built. Then known as College of Science) Image

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8 Mar
The Battle of Kirkee / Ganeshkhind which settled the fight for #Pune between Bajirao II and the East India Company. ImageImage
Probable route taken by Mountstuart Elphinstone to escape the Maratha attack on the British Residency at the Sangam and join the soldiers at Kirkee. Image
With most of the battlefield now a concrete (and in some parts actual) jungle , it's a bit difficult to imagine.

The Marathas under Bapu Gokhale proceeded via the Lakdipul and other routes , through Bhamburda , onto the present Ganeshkhindroad to Ganeshkhind
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7 Mar
I agree Chhatrapati Shivaji was Secular.

Early on, he built masjid, he employed Muslims, he gave grant to dargahs..

And then

He carried a Vishnu Murti for his coronation.

He demoted Qazis to juniormost officials

He ensured no Muslim was part of his Ministry
...
He took 700 Pathana from Bijapur, but...

Just a few years before he died, he asked his brother " Turki fauzet thev liyas Jai milto kaisa ?"
Let's have consistency.

You cannot celebrate the Chhatrapati Shivaji who employed Nur Beg for 5 years, and ignore the Shivaji Maharaj who found no place for a Nur Beg for the next twenty.
Read 5 tweets
4 Mar
Alamgir #Aurangzeb

Temple destruction thread.

Starting with Krishnajanmabhoomi , Mathura
Temple destruction in Jodhpur by the hundreds

Ref : Masir e Alamgiri
Same book

Khandela
Read 17 tweets
22 Feb
Madari Mehtar is a fictional character.

Thanks to @padmadurg for Marathi original, posting English translation for everyone's benefit

@BharadwajSpeaks
With all due respect to Guruji Golwalkar , he was no authority on history.
There is no mention of Madari Mehtar till some document found in 1917, which refers to him. There is no indication when or who or what purpose this doc was created.

It has fantastic passages - each more impossible than the other.
Read 10 tweets
22 Feb
Gave a talk on Nanasaheb Peshwa (Peshwa Bajirao's son) yesterday at his samadhi. Also stressed on the water supply arrangements he engineered for Pune. A system which continued to function for well over 150 years.

#Thread
It was during his reign that Pune truly became a capital city of the Maratha Empire. New peths were established - Ganj , Vetal (now Guruvar peth) and others. Traders invited to set up business and orders given for expanding existing areas.
Like many cities before and after, a steady supply of clean water troubled 18th century town planners too.The man for the moment was Naro Appaji Tulshibaugwale.

Existing supplies were not sufficient or not tapped conveniently enough.

Hence the need for a new system.
Read 13 tweets
20 Feb
Ashtapradhan :

1. Moropant Pingale - Brahmin.
2. Ramchandrapant Bawdekar - Brahmin
3. Annaji Datto - Brahmin
4. Sonopant Vishwanath - Brahmin
5. Panditrao ( so much anti Brahminism) - Raghunath Panditrao.

Muslims in Ashtapradhan mandal - Zero.
Adopted Brahmanical Sanskrit language and threw out Persian. Commissioned Rajvyawhar kosh.
And since Aurangzeb only imprisoned him it doesnt count.

Also getting besieged by Siddi Johar or having to cede 23 forts to Diler Khan.
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