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Legendary Bajiprabhu Deshpande and the battle of pawankhind

 Legendary Bajiprabhu Deshpande and the battle of Pawankhind  *CONTENT :- About Bajiprabhu Deshpande  How Bajiprabhu Deshpande Joined Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ? Clan of Bajiprabhu Deshpande  Seizing of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj  Plan of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj  The battle of Pawankhind  How old was Bajiprabhu Deshpande when he died ? Who defeated Bajiprabhu ? About :               General Bajiprabhu Deshpande was born in the year 1615 in the Prabhu cast. Very less information is available in the historical documents. But as per records Bajiprabhu's clan was situated near the Haridas Region in the western Maharastra.               Initially Bajiprabhu Deshpande worked under General Krishnaji Bandal. Later Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj the Bandal's of Bhor district. Bajiprabhu and his army joined the military of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Seizing of Chatrapati Shivaji Mah...

Sarnobat Prataprao Gujar

  Commander in chief (सरनोबत) Prataprao Gujar- Battle of Nessari and Umrani 1.Prataprao Gujar information :-           Sarnobat prataprao Gujar (Kudtoji Gujar) was born in Bhosare village which is 40km away from Rajadhani Satara. He was very loyal and trustworthy commander in Maratha Empire. He was born on 14 feb in year 1615. 2.What was the battle of Prataprao Gujar ? (A) Battle of umrani :              Very less historical information is available of this personality in historical documents. As per records he won the first battle with Bahlol Khan near nessari. Sarnobat Prataprao and his force defeated the army of Bahlol Khan.                 After defeating he gave warning to Bahlol Khan not to invade Chatrapati shivaji Maharaj's territory again.  He promised to never look back at swaraj. Prataprao Gujar released Bahlol Khan and his army seizing his battle ...

Yesaji Kank- The great Maratha warrior

        Courageous commander of The Maratha Empire Yesaji Kank was born in the Kshatriya Koli caste. He was a good friend of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He was a specialist and one of the most important commanders of the guerilla warfare system. This technique of warfare was one of the most popular at the time.   Name of father: Dadoji Kank  His father, Dadoji Kank, served in the army of King Shahaji Bhosle (the father of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj). He played an important role in the battle of Pratapgad.   Yesaji Kank was so powerful that he defeated the mad and strongest elephant of Qutubshahi during the meeting of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Qutubshahi. The battle of Yeshaji Kank and Elephant was fought on the Fonda Fort. His stories of bravery were famous all over Swaraj. Yesaji Kanak was from Bhutonde Village, which was located at the foot of Fort Raidad.        

Commander in chief - Hambirrao Mohite

COMMANDER IN CHIEF (सरसेनापती) HAMBIRRAO MOHITE                Hambirrao Mohite was commander in chief of maratha Empire. He was born in year 1633 in the mohite Dynasty. As he was born in mothite clan he held a significant position in the Maratha empire. For childhood he was found of the Maratha martial arts.                He had immense knowledge of administration and was very courageous. As time passed he became a very trustworthy commander of Chatrapati shivaji maharaj. He had great affection towards swaraj and chatrapati shivaji maharaj.  The qualities like leadership and warfare knowledge earned him the post of commander in chief (सरसेनापती) of Maratha Empire               He had very crucial contribution in battle against the mughals in the deccan region. He also served chatrapati sambhaji maharaj after chatrapati shivaji maharaj and helped chatrapati sambh...

Subedar Tanaji Malusare :- The great Maratha warrior

               Legendary commnder of Chatrapati shivaji maharaj subedar tanaji malusare was born in year 1600 at godavli, javali taluka satara.                  Subedar was very courageous. He is well known for fighting the battle of sinhagad and winning it.  Name of father:- sardar kaloji  Name of mother:- parvatibai                   He fought the battle of sinhagad (kondhana at that time) despite having the marriage of his son raiba. Villagers near sinhagad were not with the campaign of Chatrapati shivaji maharaj because udaybhan rathore ( Mughal fort keeper) had bent the rod used for mining purpose form half by hand. It tells the strength of that commander.                     Subedar tanaji malusare came to know about this and went to the village where the bent rod was kept. He then straightened...

Rise of Maratha Empire

                    King shahaji bhosle was working as a jhangir in adilshahi. He didn't wanted his son chatrapati shivaji maharaj to work asa a labour. Rajmata jijabai (mother of Chatrapati shivaji maharaj) thought chatrapati shivaji many life changing lessons.                       Forming upon he fought his first battle at the age of 15. The battle was of vickramgad and defeated mughals. He layed the foundation of swaraj with his army and defeated mughals in every corner. On 6 june 1674 rajyabhishek of shivaji maharaj was held and he became chatrapati.                       Rajyabhishek was done with  water of 7 different rivers in India. Chatrapati shivaji maharaj had more than 350 forts in his clan. Yet he never renamed them with his name. This shows his morality towards freedom for poor people.     ...

History books

 The great personalities of Maharashtra having the sharpest minds written a tons of books signifying the hindu dharma and promoting it further. Chatrapati sambhaji maharaj wrote book Budhbhushan (बुद्भूषण) when he was 13 years old.  Books like:-   1. CHAVA (छावा) :- book by shivaji sawant glorifies the character of Chatrapati shivaji maharaj.  2. SAMBHAJI :- book by vishal patil shows how there was selfishness among people for greed of gold and money. It tells how the bhramnis led to the devastation of maratha Empire.   3. BUDHBHUSHAN :- Book by our own chatrapati Sambhaji maharaj signifies to protect our dharma.

golden era of Maharastra state

No state is comparable to maharastra state. The golden era of maharastra state was under marathas (Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj).       Maharastra state attended its prospectiveness under this time, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj started many campaigns to fight against injustice. He established 'swaraj' with his army and turned the india covered with green flag of mughals to saffron.  first capital of swaraj was rayri (रायरी). Then renamed as Raigad.