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A thread on 12 key figures in Maratha history that every Hindu should know instead of Mughal emperors but don't. We'll also use this thread to promote our Youtube videos so please watch
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
1) Shivaji Raje - Carved an independent Maratha kingdom in 1674 from the Mughal and Bijapur empire against all odds
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
2) Bajiprabhu Deshpande - Saved the life of Shivaji raje by sacrificing his own with 300 other martyrs in battle of Pawan Khind in 1660 where handful of men held a much larger Bijapuri army in a pass
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
3) Sambaji Raje - Shivaji's son who continued the resistance against Aurangzeb and did not let the newly formed kingdom get usurped but was unfortunately captured and tortured to death.
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
4) Rani Tara Bai - Shivaji's daughter in law who kept on fighting the Mughals after her husband's death which finally ended in Mughal defeat and collapse of Mughals
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
5) Bajirao Ballal - The second Peshwa who expanded the empire across India and formed a Maratha confederacy by fighting 41 battles and never losing 1
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
6) Sadashivrao Bhat (Bhau) - Bajirao's nephew who lead the Maratha army in Panipat in 1761. Fought bravely but ultimately lost to Afghan Abdali and was martyred along with 100,000 others
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
7) Peshwa Madhavrao - The less known legend who unfortunately died young but recouped all the losses in Panipat within 10 years
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
8) Mahadji Shinde (or Scindia) - Consolidated Maratha rule in Rajputana and North.
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
9) Nana Phadnavis - The accountant who eventually became a political player in the empire in 1780s & kept it alive at a time when the East India Company was quickly expanding in India
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
10) Ahalyabai Holkar - The Veerangana of the Holkar clan of the Maratha federation known for superlative administration and conserving dharma in Indore and Malwa
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
11) Bajirao 2 - A characterless loser who eventually surrendered a huge empire to the East India Company in 1818 and retired to a hedonistic life in Bittur
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
12) Nana Saheb Peshwa - The adopted son of Bajirao who with Tantya Tope & Manikarnika (Rani Lakshmi Bai) put up a final fight in 1857 war against EIC but in vain. Maratha empire was over after this
Shivaji raje - youtu.be
Bajirao Ballal - youtu.be
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