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22 Apr, 6 tweets, 2 min read
One in 1194, other in 1206 AD Image
Sarnath - A Buddhist monastery. The lion emblem recovered from this site is now our national emblem

It was flourishing till 1194
Now only a memory stands Image
There is a Jatak Katha - The king and the golden deer.

Jatak Kathas are stories attributed to Boddhisatva.

The deer story originates from a park / forest near Varanasi. Image
Humayun built a tower over a Buddhist Stupa Image
Bakariya Kund ImageImage

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23 Apr
Chillum फुंकून बनवलेला रिपोर्ट -
सफदरजंग व मराठ्यांची मैत्री होती. जिहाद जिहाद करत नजीब ने शुजा चे कान फुंकले. शिया शुजा सुन्नी अब्दाली ला जाऊन मिळाला त्याचे हेच कारण. ते कोण सांगणार रिपोर्ट मध्ये ?
साधारण ५:०० ला -

नागा साधू ने अब्दाली ला विजय मिळवून दिला 😂

मग ते राखीव १०००० घोड दळ गोट्या खेळत होते का ?

Neither Shejwalker , nor Kashiraj Pandit nor any other author gives such importance to the Nagas.

असतील काही, शुजा च्या चाकरीत. तो शेवटी नवाब अवध cha
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22 Apr
Modern Benares largely a creation of Marathas Image
The reference marked here is AS Altekar's book on Benares

Screenshot is of a PhD thesis by Katherine Prior
Bhosale ghat, Varanasi Image
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9 Apr
Kashi Vishwanath

The original temple was destroyed in 1194 AD by Qutub Ud Din Aibak, after he had defeated Jai Chand of Kannauj.

It was replaced by the Razia Mosque.
People who put ban on reconstruction of temple -

Sikandar Lodhi in 1494

Aurangzeb in 1669

Congress in 1991
It was rebuilt the following century but again brought down by Sikandar Lodhi in 1494
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8 Apr
The Salher campaign of Chhatrapati Shivaji was in response to demolishing of Kashi Vishwanath.
Peshwa Bajirao's Delhi campaign was to wrest control of Kashi among other places
What about Kashi ?

Asked Madhavrao Peshwa when Mahadji had conquered Delhi in 1771
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5 Apr
Today is National Maritime Day

On 5th April 1919 an Indian owned ship the SS Loyalty sailed for Britain.

What was so special about this ? Let's see..
The EIC established a shipping monopoly. Indian carpenters , blacksmiths etc could not build a ship unless it had EIC blessings
19th century laws meant that a ship sailing to England as a rule should have 80% British officers. No Indian could command a ship built by Indians at Bombay Dockyard.
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4 Apr
Three stages of the Maratha army

Infantry in the hills and forts
Cavalry on the plains
Infantry + Artillery on the plains
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Contrary to the belief that the East India Company came with the latest guns while we were still throwing javelins and shooting arrows -

The Maratha army at the time of Scindia was very well equipped.

Gun factories existed at Agra and other places
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