The instant Pathan lobby dominated the Adilshahi Sultanate after subduing Dakkhanis, Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj knew the time had come for its doom.
Though He never got to execute His own plan of conquering Bijapur by force, Aurangzeb luckily got to do so within SINGLE decade.
Though He never got to execute His own plan of conquering Bijapur by force, Aurangzeb luckily got to do so within SINGLE decade.
The most powerful Mankari Houses of the Dakkhani-Maratha Lobby of Adilshahi Sultanate were:
• Raje Bahadur Ghorpade Bhonsales of Mudhol
• Narasimharao RajeManes of Kaladhon
• Maharao Naik Nimbalkars of Phaltan
• Sarjerao Ghatges of Kagal
• Daphale Chavhans of Jath-Umrani
• Raje Bahadur Ghorpade Bhonsales of Mudhol
• Narasimharao RajeManes of Kaladhon
• Maharao Naik Nimbalkars of Phaltan
• Sarjerao Ghatges of Kagal
• Daphale Chavhans of Jath-Umrani
The Chandrarao Mores of Jawali were the ONLY major Adilshahi-affiliated Maratha House defeated and reintegrated by Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj into the Bhonsale Chattrapati Empire.
That should make it clear to understand how difficult things were for Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
That should make it clear to understand how difficult things were for Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
There was definitely a window for galvanizing the mass-resignation & reintegration of these Maratha Houses from Bijapur to (Pro-Maratha) Golconda Throne, but Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj's demise blocked the path.
When Aurangzeb's hordes reached Bijapur, he had his work cut out.
When Aurangzeb's hordes reached Bijapur, he had his work cut out.
Bijapur Throne awaited not just Chattrapati Bhonsale Maratha Empire's support but also of its own feudatory Maratha Houses.
Yet it was already too late as predicted by Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Pathans dominating the top Adilshahi hierarchy had alienated most Maratha Houses.
Yet it was already too late as predicted by Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Pathans dominating the top Adilshahi hierarchy had alienated most Maratha Houses.
The problem was not about Adilshahi Marathas dumping Bijapur Sultanate like a sinking ship, but the fact that their services and their special Vargyan forces would be enlisted by Mughal invaders which Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaja had wished to prevent at all costs.
Years ago when Nizamshahi Sultanate was invaded by Mughal Barbarians in Akbar and Jahangir's reign, instead of dimwit Pashtun Afaqis, it was the Dakkhani-Maratha Lobby which was in power and crushed the Mughals in battle repeatedly nonstop.
Battle of Bhatvadi being one of these.
Battle of Bhatvadi being one of these.
But Malik Babur Ambar's plans alienated the Maratha Jadhavraos of Sindkhed, the most powerful family in entire Deccan, who joined the Mughals, leading to failure of the Nizamshahi "freedom" struggle.
The Nizamshahi sealed its doom by treacherously murdering Jadhavrao Patriarchs.
The Nizamshahi sealed its doom by treacherously murdering Jadhavrao Patriarchs.
The treacherous murder of Jadhavraos (after a grim fist-fight in the Devagiri fort, owned by their OWN ancestors) is one of the most significant trigger events in the history of India which led to Mughals establishing a permanent foothold in Deccan.
Coming back, to the Mughal Siege of Bijapur,
Chattrapati Shambhuji Maharaja sent a small Maratha force to meet the Adilshahi Emperor, under an ambassador.
But it was clear no major joint military operation would be undertaken against Mughals.
Bijapur had been dumped.
Chattrapati Shambhuji Maharaja sent a small Maratha force to meet the Adilshahi Emperor, under an ambassador.
But it was clear no major joint military operation would be undertaken against Mughals.
Bijapur had been dumped.
It was indeed a decisive point of time in History.
What Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan could not do, what Aurangzeb as a young man could not do, could be done now.
Some Maratha Lords and their Forces inside Bijapur did fight the Mughals but no other help came from outside.
What Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan could not do, what Aurangzeb as a young man could not do, could be done now.
Some Maratha Lords and their Forces inside Bijapur did fight the Mughals but no other help came from outside.
It is said that armies of the Maratha Feudatories of Bijapur reached the city and roved around the warzone WITHOUT engaging in combat with Mughals.
As city was lost, they simply dispatched their respective Waqils to negotiate new terms with Mughals and rode back to their homes!
As city was lost, they simply dispatched their respective Waqils to negotiate new terms with Mughals and rode back to their homes!
The Mughals were still looked upon universally by all categories of Maratha Lords as barbaric uncouth invaders and the end of Bijapur Sultanate seemed for most as a divine signal to join the government of their brethren, Bhonsale Chattrapatis.
And thus it was Chattrapati Shambhuji Maharaja who won over all of these Maratha Families to His side.
It was Chattrapati Shambhuji Maharaja who in fact united the most powerful Maratha Houses that His Father and His Grandfather could not do!
It was Chattrapati Shambhuji Maharaja who in fact united the most powerful Maratha Houses that His Father and His Grandfather could not do!
Together, with combined power of most Maratha Clans under a single banner, in ONE single year they destroyed 120 Bijapuri Bastions that had fallen to Mughals.
Its hard to fathom the bottom of the low IQ of historians who say Chattrapati Shambhuji Maharaj "alienated" supporters.
Its hard to fathom the bottom of the low IQ of historians who say Chattrapati Shambhuji Maharaj "alienated" supporters.
Malhar Chitnis compiled his history of Maratha Empire hurriedly from a bunch of different sources all haywire in chronology after deshdrohi Balaji Natu asked him to do so for Grant Duff.
There is severe incoherence in Malhar Chitnis' books on historical personalities he covers.
There is severe incoherence in Malhar Chitnis' books on historical personalities he covers.
It has nothing to do with the era or Maratha primary sources, but the fact that Malhar Chitnis was definitely a low-IQ individual tasked with a very difficult project which needed to be complete in half a week.
Grant Duff had the original sources burnt once Chitnis was finished.
Grant Duff had the original sources burnt once Chitnis was finished.
So there was no way to verify if the "Chattrapati Sambhaji Maharaja" who Chitnis was talking about was even the actual King concocting random characters like Godavari, converting light gossip material about Kavi Kalash into a solid matter.
Sir Padunath Sarkar discarded Chitnis.
Sir Padunath Sarkar discarded Chitnis.
But British-Knighted Sir Padunath Sarkar in trademark hypocrisy selectively cites ALL of Chitnis/Khafi Khan's rambles about violation of obscure women, and other slanderous material, while deriding them for Kalyan Subehdar's Daughter and other stories which glorify Chattrapatis.
Without EVER even finding a real portion, Historians turned pious Bhajans like Nayikabheda & Nakhashikha into a description of sexual partners of Chattrapati Shambhuji Maharaja!
He allegedly consumed liquor ONCE for SINGLE Shakta Putrakameshti Yajna, and they made Him Alcoholic!
He allegedly consumed liquor ONCE for SINGLE Shakta Putrakameshti Yajna, and they made Him Alcoholic!
There are novels after novels by Marathi and non-Marathi opportunist namaq-huhréms who helped even the British to publish and normalize demonization of Chattrapati Shambhuji Maharaj in mainstream. They made Chattrapati Rajaram Maharaj a weak, cowardly Man with no skills as well.
Not to mention the slander that has been done to the GREATEST Hindu Emperor in the last 500 years, with the most powerful armies of Asia, Hindupati Padshah Chattrapati Shahu Maharaja, by simply making Him the most boring and annoying and timid person to ever exist.
His Truth.
His Truth.
In today's era where huhrrémjyāda Babu Afsars and gāvthī Sarpanchs find it hard to come to a decision in their third-class assigned districts, Hindupati Padshah Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj was studying and passing verdicts on 500 CASES minimum EVERY single DAY of His life non-stop!
There is a clear agenda in excessive glorification and tunnel-vision emphasis on Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaja's reign alone.
The other 3 Chattrapatis (and 1 Maharani) are always easily and insensitively shown with flawed one-sided half-truths about every thing they ever did.
The other 3 Chattrapatis (and 1 Maharani) are always easily and insensitively shown with flawed one-sided half-truths about every thing they ever did.
The agenda is, to make Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaja a Fluke.
A Fluke of a community (whose very divinely-ordained aristocratic identity is hijacked) which was never fit to rule.
Once Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaja is isolated from the context, then He too is trivialized easily.
A Fluke of a community (whose very divinely-ordained aristocratic identity is hijacked) which was never fit to rule.
Once Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaja is isolated from the context, then He too is trivialized easily.
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