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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If muslims mock chh shivaji as "mountain rat" then it's expected, but the irony metre gets broken when rajputs call him "rat" just b'coz of his hilly forts
Thread š§µ :ā hilly/mountain retreats of rajput kings
1] Randa kumbha retreated to hills when mahmud khilji attacked chittor
[Contemporary sources attached]
2] udai singh, the father of pratap ran away to aravali hills leaving his territories at mercy of Mughals when mughal army under akbar besieged chittor
I'm aurangzib alamgir, the most miserable emperor of my lineage, I beheaded my brothers, impriosned & tortured my father, upsurped the throne by means of treachery & converted poor people bcuz the word "peace" my religion never allowed to happen
My illegitimate offsprings on twitter & insta think I humbled chhatrapati shivaji
But they don't know how Persian emperor Shah Abbas ll mocked me in letter by saying " you call yourself alamgir but can't subdue a mere zamindar like shivaji, the chief of kafirs "
My bravest generals used to piss in their pants whenever the two maratha generals santaji-dhanaji marched against them
On one occasion santaji raided my very imperial tent but by the grace of "allah" i was able to save my life by means of hiding inside my daughters tent
1) Early conquest of forts (1648) ā Marathas under chh shivaji succesfully conquer forts of (tala,ghonsala & rairi) from siddhi (bijapur vassal)
2) Battle of Shirwal (1649) ā Marathas defeat & kill haibatrao & his army flees ,Bijapur's attempt of recapturing lost forts fails
3) Siege of Purandar (1649) ā Marathas under personal commander of chh shivaji defeated a big bijapur force under Fateh khan & musekhan , musekhan was killed by marathas & fatehkhan fled with his army