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Varadraj Adya

22 Mar, 9 tweets, 2 min read

#StoryTime

There was a time, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was in Pratapgarh and Afzal Khan had bought 2 lakh of his men to capture him. The men had encircled the Fort.

Aai Jijau saw the crowd of men, but she wasn't worried. She was confident in her son's abilities.

Afzal Khan, to be doubly sure appointed two of his men as SPIES and asked them to snoop on Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and get back with information on Total Maratha Men, their Weapons, their Strategic Location etc.

Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, survived, ruled & created History in his 40 odd years on the throne, only because he had the strongest of SPY NETWORKS.

Maharaj quickly got the news, two spies are breathing quite close by, keeping an eye on our movements.

Catching them was an easy task.

But, we are talking about MAHARAJ here. He was smarter than the smartest.

He decided to bring his Psychological Warfare tactics into play.

He asked a Mawla (who was physically the same frame as Maharaj) to dress-up as himself (i.e Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj) - while Maharaj dressed up as the Soldier (Maawla).

Along with another Mawla, the trio went on a stroll of the Fort.

Maharaj exactly knew the location of the spies. The plan was in place.

Mawla (Dressed as Maharaj) took his Sword held-it-by the-Scabbard. History says it was nearly 40+ kgs.

Mawla (Dressed as Maharaj) gave the Sword+Scabbard to Maharaj (Dressed a Mawla).

Maharaj (Dressed as a Mawla), casually held the handle of the Sword, removed it from the Scabbard and threw the Scabbard away as if it was nothing.

The Khan Spies saw all this. It shocked them and it seems they ran away.

They went to Afzal Khan and reported "Sardar, we saw a Simple soldier being handed over the royal sword. He took the sword, separated from its cover and threw it off like it was nothing...

Sardar, if a normal Maratha Soldier could do this just imagine what the King can do"

Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was indeed the Greatest Ruler of All times.

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