Jadunath Sarkar — Games of Understatement ⚔️
Left Snippet: Padunath's throwaway description
Right Snippet: Reality
In darkest moment of Mahadji Shinde, 5000 men of Maharaja Mahadji's Birthplace Jamgaon VOLUNTEERED to help support Maratha Empire in North.
Padunath didnt notice?
Left Snippet: Padunath's throwaway description
Right Snippet: Reality
In darkest moment of Mahadji Shinde, 5000 men of Maharaja Mahadji's Birthplace Jamgaon VOLUNTEERED to help support Maratha Empire in North.
Padunath didnt notice?
Rohillas under Ghulam Qadir had firmly re-established in Doab swarming Delhi after 17 years, reverting Maratha gains, and Rajputs reoccupied much of the old Maratha Trans-Thar Military Stations, while the Durranis readied to mass-murder Indians pouring forth from Khyber Pass.
This was the pattern of North India for 500 years: Delhi under a local Qatabūllah, North-West Desert under unconcerned irregular tribal chiefs, and another primed Mleccha force for next round of rapine ready at Hindu Kush.
The Maratha position in North seemed about to extinct.
The Maratha position in North seemed about to extinct.
Then a movie-like voluntary uprising of over FIVE THOUSAND brave men from a SINGLE Maharashtrian village without nalbandi (down payment) or ANY salary to support a lone near-bankrupt Maratha General in treacherous North occurred.
And Jadunath writes it off in a single paragraph!
And Jadunath writes it off in a single paragraph!
Either this is Patriotism of highest order, or Swami-Nishtha of highest order.
Whatever it was, Nationalism or Feudalism, Maratha State touched zenith of it by inspiring common people to voluntarily risk their lives for a cause.
Here we had a CLEAR example of this achievement.
Whatever it was, Nationalism or Feudalism, Maratha State touched zenith of it by inspiring common people to voluntarily risk their lives for a cause.
Here we had a CLEAR example of this achievement.
This is not new.
In Book Shivaji & His Times, of Jadunath Sarkar, page 217, entire heroic Battle of Kanhergad (led by Ramaji Pangre) receives a mere FOOTNOTE like countless other heroics of Mahrattas.
1200+Unknown Pathans were killed by just *700* Marathas!
& just a FOOTNOTE?!
In Book Shivaji & His Times, of Jadunath Sarkar, page 217, entire heroic Battle of Kanhergad (led by Ramaji Pangre) receives a mere FOOTNOTE like countless other heroics of Mahrattas.
1200+Unknown Pathans were killed by just *700* Marathas!
& just a FOOTNOTE?!
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