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~History is the most significant aggregate human memory.
The Afghans came for their Jihad against Marathas.
He starts with the repeated story of Chattrapati Shahu Maharajah being a "vassal" of the Timurid court & Nizam being his superior in order.
The Maratha Power was complete.
It's frequently told how Marathas suffered a crushing defeat at Panipat, suffering irreparable losses & getting permanently paralysed for future expansion. But that's a big lie.
[A] Swarājya: 
First of, there's no proper data to claim Chhatrapati Shivaji's forces had that many Muslims (claims ranging from dozens of officers to 1/3rd of the military force being Muslim!)
“The whole country from the Attock River to the Indian Ocean is Hindustan, not Turkistan, the land of the Turks. All that was now lost has returned to us by the invincible sword of our Pātil- our Mahadji Scindia and...
1) Peshwa Nanasaheb didn't die as a result of the loss suffered at Panipat. He had been ill months before Panipat (one of the reasons why he couldn't accompany to north).
The Mughals are seen warring the Lodhis in the 1st Battle of Panipat, where we see Babur being almost killed by the Lodhi forces! Ibrāhīm Lodhi was in his mid-40s, but is instead depicted as a 60+ man with a long white beard and heavy voice (out of old age).
Major Evans Ball writes of the valor shown by the Marathas and of the impact of the severe losses faced by the Afghans.
The Durranis miserably failed in their Indian endeavours and we are going to burst the Islamist lie of the Invincibility of Ahmed Shah Durrani. Here, the word ‘incursion’ will be used to describe the raids of the marauding Afghans as invasions tend to be permanent. 
The year was 1787, & on the fields of Lalsot, the Marathas faced a rude setback. Maharajah Mahādji Shinde was about to lose his power in Rajputana, which he had strived so hard to establish.
