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The book covers pivotal battles from the days of Chhatrapati Shivaji to the last Peshwa, Bajirao II. Pratapgad, Salher, Palkhed, Bhopal, Vasai, Rakshasbhuvan, Wadgaon, Delhi, Laswari and more... Image
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7 Oct
The biggest lesson from Shivaji Maharaj's life is the imposition of cost.

1. Shaiste Khan looted Pune. Chhatrapati Shivaji did not stop at merely driving him out, but looted Surat

2.Portuguese passed an anti-Hindu law. Chhatrapati Shivaji beheaded 4 Padres who passed the law
Slaying Afzal Khan would have confirmed Chhatrapati Shivaji's greatness.

Instead, he opened a campaign that doubled his own territory !

All this meant two things :

1. His adversaries would think ten times before attempting an adventure.

2.Compelled to pour resources in.
In the first example we have Adil Shah, who did not try a Afzal Khan type adventure again.

In the second we have the Mughals.. sending ever higher ranking mansabdar till finally Aurangzeb himself took the field against the Marathas.
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6 Oct
When the Marathas organised Durga Puja in Bengal, and were attacked by Aliverdy Khan when celebrating the festival. Image
Also mentioned in Maharashtra Gazetteer. Image
Local memory gives a better insight than court records written by yes-men.

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5 Oct
The current Mumbai Pune route was rather unimportant and inconsequential till the advent of the EIC. Image
At the marked location was the Pune Mumbai road's first toll naka.

The toll house disappeared long back, but it's last echo - a marble plaque set in the railway viaduct was removed a few months ago. Image
If you are old enough, you might remember the name " Amrutanjan Bridge" - courtesy a big advt of Amrutanjan balm which was fixed on it long back.

The old toll house was located around this spot Image
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16 Sep
Much evidence to show that the Bhakti movement was in fact spiritual bulwark against Islamic invasion in very trying times.
Sant Namdev
Hinduism faced a calamity due to Khilji invasion. Temples were broken, pilgrimage centres rendered desolate. The Bhakti movement, with its focus on simplicity kept people within the Hindu fold.
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14 Sep
Swami Vivekanand sailed on this ship - The S.S Empress of India for his famous 11th September Chicago speech.
It continued to ply the far East - Canada route till 1914.

That year, it was purchased by the Maharaja of Gwalior and converted into a hospital ship for the war.

It was renamed S.S Loyalty.
The refitting and renaming was done by Jan 1915.

My own great grandfather was probably associated with this Hospital ship Loyalty. He was Civil Surgeon Gwalior and also an Officer in the Medical Corps (3rd Gwalior Imperial Service Infantry)
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14 Sep
Thats the Tiny Local Chief for you.

Who managed to keep his kingdom independent in the whole of North India.

Similar map can be found in Dr Phalke's book on Chhatrapati Shivaji. Image
There is a history written in the books, on letters on stones etc..

There is another, of tales and fables. It won't stand empirical scrutiny, but that is not the point.

These tales tell us more about why a person is adulated than any number of letters can.
" Maharana Pratap killed tigers with bare hands"

Mostly improbable. But what we need to understand is why Maharana was associated with such superhuman power. Any random person isn't spoken about in the same terms.

So what created this respect in the PEOPLE'S mind ?
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