Thread by @HindutvaItihas

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#Thread on the Veergāthā of Dharmaveer Chhatrapati Saṃbhājī Mahārāj

This thread will look at the events leading up to the Balidān Divas on 11 March, 1689.

#ChhatrapatiSambhajiMaharaj #MughalCruelty #Hindutva

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Feb 1 :- Shaikh Nizam Haidarābādi (aka Muqarrab Khan) captured Chhatrapati Saṃbhājī & Kavi Kalash. He captured them at Sangameshwar in Konkan.

Kavi Kalash was the Chaṃdogāmātya ( छंदोगामात्य ), a close adviser of Chhatrapati Saṃbhājī

The 40-day-ordeal started.

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Feb 15 :- Aurangzeb’s army marched from his camp at Akluj, to Bahādurgad (now renamed Dharmaveergad – Fort of Dharmaveer Chhatrapati Saṃbhājī Maharaj).

Akluj -> Dharmaveergad: Green line
Sangameshwar -> Dharmaveergad: Saffron line

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Four miles outside Aurangzeb's camp at Dharmaveergad ( Pic 2 👇), Chhatrapati Saṃbhājī & Kavi Kalash were humiliated, mounted on camels, and brought to Aurangzeb’s court with drums beating and trumpets pealing.

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Seeing Kavi Kalash & Chhatrapati Saṃbhājī - who kept Aurangzeb busy in Deccan since long - in captivity, and brought to him in court, Aurangzeb got off the throne & knelt on the carpet before him.

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Observing this, the talented Kavi Kalash uttered (👇):

"As Hanuman was presented in Rāvan's court, so was Saṃbhājī Maharaj in Aurangzeb's court.

Like the vermillion-red-complexioned Hanumān, Saṃbhājī Maharaj's body was marked with blood in battles. ...

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...As the glow of firefly vanishes in front of the brilliance of sun, so has Aurangzeb come down to his knees seeing your brilliance"

Aurangzeb ordered to imprison both of them immediately.

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Feb 17: Aurangzeb sent Ruhullah Khan to get Chh. Saṃbhājī (a)to surrender all his forts, divulge all information about (b)the Swarājya’s treasury,as well as (b) Mughal accomplices who sided with him.

But, Chhatrapati Saṃbhājī refused, & vented out his sentiments on Mlechas.

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Hearing the reports from envoy, Aurangzeb ordered for Dharmaveer Saṃbhājī to be blinded by plucking out his eyes.

Kavi Kalash’s tongue was also ordered to be cut out!

#Mughal #cruelty

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The Mughal Maulavis then pronounced death sentence for Chhatrapati Saṃbhājī Maharaj & Kavi Kalash.

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Mar 3: Chhatrapati Saṃbhājī & Kavi Kalash were shifted to Tuḻāpūr, ~50 km west of Bahadurgad.

Tortures continued.

* Limbs of Saṃbhājī Maharaj were told to be hacked one-by-one, and their flesh to be thrown to dogs *

This went on for a week !

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Mar 11: Dharmaveer Saṃbhājī Maharaj & Kavi Kalash – were beheaded at Tuḻāpūr. (Pic 2 - Arch, where they were beheaded 👇)

Their heads were stuffed with straw & exhibited in nearby cities of Deccan, as ordered by Aurangzeb.

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Today, Tuḻāpūr is known as 'Śri Kshetra Tuḻāpūr' due to the unparalleled stoic & valiant stand for Dharma, taken by the two great men - Chhatrapati Saṃbhājī & Kavi Kalash.

Memorials at Tuḻāpūr have been built for them.

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The fearless manner in which Dharmaveer Chhatrapati Saṃbhājī Maharaj faced Aurangzeb, and may even have brought tears to Yamarāj’s eyes, united & steeled the hearts of Hindavi Swarajya as nothing else could have done.

#ChhatrapatiSambhajiPunyatithi #SwarajyaRakshak

@rattibha