1565 marked almost 600 years of Mughal rule in most parts of India except for Vijayanagar down South, it was also conquered on 15th January 1565. Then in 1645 a 16 year old Hindu sweared to win back the lost glory. He was Shivaji Raje Bhonsle...
Looking at the rise of Shivaji, in 1659 Afzal Khan was sent to finish Shivaji and take back the lost kingdoms. Shivaji lured Afzal on the pretext of signing a treaty and killed him as he came to sign the treaty with a few soldiers. Aurangzeb sent Raja Jai Singh to counter...
...Shivaji knowing he won’t fight against a Hindu King and Shivaji had to part with a lot of forts that he had won. Later Shivaji started winning back the territories & on 6th June 1674 he declared himself as Chatrapati in a ceremony.
After Shivaji’s unfortunate untimely death due to high fever there was momentary gloom after which the country saw warriors like Bajirao Peshwa, Holkar, Scindia and the Maratha’s started winning, by late 1670’s the Mughal empire was confined to Delhi.
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