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Desecration of illegal mosques & temple reconstruction by peshwa Balaji bajirao (nanasaheb l 1740-1761)

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1} Fort of Rajkot & it's inner grand mosque (which were under Portugese occupation) razed to ground in October 1760 under peshwas order by his army officer ramaji Mahadev, as described by his own letter to the peshwa

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2} peshwa madhavrao recounts the event in his letter with the reference to how peshwa nanasaheb demolished illegal mosques & reconstructed temples in Mughal (nizam ?) territories which were illegally built by Moselmans after flattening temples

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3} the ancient trimbakeshwar jyotirlinga of bhagwan shiv was vandalized by aurandzeb & mosque was erected on it in 1690

In 1752 Nanasaheb peshwa conquered Nashik from salabat Jung (nizam of hyd) & ordered demolition of the mosque & rebuilding of the ancient jyotirlinga

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As-salamu alaykum friends

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