Chhatrapati Shivaji vs Afzal Khan: Pratapgad,1659
If there is a single episode that one can imagine and understand as to why Chhatrapati Shivaji is considered such a great persona, then it would be the killing of Afzal Khan. The Pratapgad campaign is much more More...
Stealing Shivaji: Why liberals hate the Hindu emperor but also want to make him secular
In 1925 an Indian revolutionary wrote a letter to Mohandas Gandhi, accusing the Congress leader of stifling India’s freedom movement due to his non-violent approach. The gist of this most interesting letter is More...
Book Review: Shivaji the Great Maratha by Ranjit Desai
The book is available for purchase from Amazon. I believe that the most important national problem that Indians have to solve is not as such poverty, nor strategic weakness, nor terrorism. Of course these are huge More...
Shivaji: The Great Maratha- An excerpt
Editor’s Note: “Shivaji: The Great Maratha” chronicles the magnificent life and times of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in graphic detail. This epic text, originally written by Ranjit Desai in Marathi More...
Marathas and Bundelkhand – IV: Jhansi ki Rani
[contextly_sidebar id=”jHwjP0qNPKAcz4HqQhCHO7EeJPcbtjUg”] Chamak uthi san sattavan mein, yeh talwar purani thi, Bundeley Harbolon key munh hamney suni kahani thi, Khoob ladi mardani woh to Jhansi wali More...
Marathas and Bundelkhand III- Govindpant Bundele and Panipat!
[contextly_sidebar id=”5DBMirKCFiWi3VmEdmpavJJdp22n4uTN”] In the previous two parts of this series, we saw how the Marathas came to influence Bundelkhand right from the time of Chhatrapati Shivaji. The More...
Marathas & Bengal: Chhatrapati Shivaji as a national hero
“Ek dharmarajyapase khanda chinna bikshipta bharat Bandhe Dibo Ami” I will unite the various states of India under one dharma — from Rabindranath Tagore’s poem Shivaji Utsav Cries of “Bande Mataram” More...
Marathas & Bundelkhand II – Chhatrasal Bundela & Peshwa Bajirao!
।। प्रस्थापित स्वराज्ये शिवाजीना बाजिरावेण साम्राज्ये परिवर्तितम ।। The swarajya established More...
Aurangzeb as a ‘tolerant tyrant’: the case against ‘secular’ historiography
Aurangzeb was the last of the ‘great’ Mughals whose policies set into motion those forces, which would pave the way for the disintegration of the empire. Until the mid-20th century, there was scholarly consensus More...
Marathas & Bundelkhand- I: Chhatrapati Shivaji and the Rise of Chhatrasal Bundela
चमक उठी सन सत्तावन में, वह तलवार पुरानी थी, बुंदेले हरबोलों के मुँह हमने सुनी कहानी More...