One of the most cherished Maratha general during the reign of Aurangzeb was Santaji Ghorpade. Nevertheless, he suffered devastating defeats against the Mughal forces.
๐งตโ Significant defeats suffered by Santaji Ghorpade against Aurangzeb Alamgir.
1) First Battle of Khatau. (6 July, 1690) โ Santaji Ghorpare with 10,000 cavalry & numberless infantry was defeated by Lutfullah Khan after which he fled to Wardhangarh. 500 Marathas are killed; 300 mares, 400 spears, 200 muskets belonging to Marathas are taken by Mughals.
2) Second Battle of Khatau. (7 July, 1690) โ 5,000 Mughals defeated more than 30,000 Marathas led by Santaji Ghorpare. 1000 Marathas are killed beside many wounded. This battle is very important as it made Santaji along with Dhanaji to hide for 6 months in fear of Mughals.
3) Battle of Vikramhalli. (14 Nov, 1693) โ Santaji Ghorpare is defeated by Mughal forces mainly led by Himmat Khan, Hamiduddin Khan, Khwaja Khan; along with his Berad allies. 300 Marathas, 200 Berads were slain; 200 mares were taken by Mughals along with kettledrums & flags.
4) Battle of Malkhed (21 Nov, 1693) โ Santaji Ghorpare is defeated by Himmat Khan & Sayyid Abdullah and driven into small fort of Alur.
5) Battle of Mahkur (March, 1694) โ Santaji Ghorpare is defeated Matlab Khan & driven into Mahadev hills where he laid inactive for months.
6) Battle of Panur (30 Nov, 1694) โ Himmat Khan defeated Santaji Ghorpare killing his 2 captains.
7) Battle of Naldurg (7 Dec, 1694) โ Santaji Ghorpare is defeated by Himmat Khan.
8) Battle of Raichur (Dec, 1694) โ Himmat Khan defeats and drives Santaji Ghorpare.
9) Battle near Chandan-Wandan (September, 1695) โ Santaji Ghorpare is defeated by Mughal forces led by Hamiduddin Khan and Fatahullah Khan.
10) Battle at Imperial camp (undated) โ 2,000 Muslims and Rajputs under Mughal banners defeated more than 20,000 Marathas led by Santaji.
12) Siege of Basvapatan fort (1696) โ Hamiduddin Khan defeats Santaji Ghorpare & foiled his plan to take fort.
13) Battle of Arni (April, 1696) โ Santaji Ghorpare is defeated by Zulfiqar Khan.
Jadunath Sarkar has wrongly translated Mutakhabu-L-Lubab of Khafi to falsely portray that Mughal generals feared Santaji Ghorpare. Below is correct translation of the text ๐.
Finally, on June, 1697; Santaji went to hell & his cut head was paraded in Imperial Deccan province.
After Santaji Ghorpare's death, in 1701; Santaji's son (Ranuji) and brother (Baharji) both of them offered to join Imperial service, but they were rejected.
References used ;
โ History of Aurangzeb, Vol 5, by Jadunath Sarkar.
โ Aurangzeb and his times, by Zahiruddin Farukhi.
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#Lie_2 : An English letter from Bombay speak of Bajirao's victory.
No such letter exists, if it does then at least cite reference.
Instead, 2 contemporary EIC letters (dated 19th March 1740) mention of Nasir Jungโs victory.
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#Lie_3 : Chimaji Appa's letter of 8 March 1740 speak of Bajirao's victory.
The letter talks of a skirmish where Nasir Jung was reinforced and small fall back of Phirangoji Pawar, maratha general of Nasir's small right wing detachment not of whole Mughal army.
#Myth_2 : โHyderbad, Awadh etc were independent from direct Timurid ruleโ.
Chhatrapati of Satara (officially a slave of Mughal emperor) didnt even control a single town properly, leave aside all these lands which you show as โmaratha dominionsโ.
Be it Bilkis Bano, Asifa or other rโpe cases โ ๐ยก๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟโ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐๐. This however is not new;
๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐งต :โ
Rapes commited by Hero of Hยกndutva โ Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj.
๐นSabhasad Bakhar & Chitnis Bakhar, both Maratha sources, mention how Sambhaji raped a Brahmin woman.
๐นRobert Orme (1728 โ 1801), an employee of East India Company who he got the information from English factory records, also repeats the event.
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Rape of Christian women.
๐นSir Jadunath Sarkar in his book โAurangzeb and his times, Vol 4โ โ has cited first hand Portuguese account โ stating how Sambhaji as well as his army engaged in rape.
๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐งต:โ Significant ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ against Mughal Empire and Bijapur Sultanate during Shivaji's lifetime.
"I shall serve the Emperor as one of his devoted ... servants." ~ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐.
Starting from Nagpur, spread by bollywood & hindutva historians, propagated by YouTube & WhatsApp ; a myth has been spread โ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น.
Chauvinists boast of Battle of Palkhed - which was actually a victory of Nizam.
Peshwa Baji Rao sustained heavy casualities, his attack was repelled on 6 Nov. 1727 & when he encircled Nizam he could only get formal promise of already confirmed old treaty.
(References attached)
Peshwa Baji Rao led a campaign in Carnatic along with Fateh Singh Bhosale in 1725 ; but both of them were defeated with heavy losses by Nizam's forces led by Iwaz Khan.