05-03-2006, 05:09 PM
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They were defenders of Hindus initially, if they were not why were Hindus inviting Baji Rao to come and liberate them from Bassein which was under Portuguese occupation?, after Baji Rao was gone, the later Peshwas had no vision nor did any of the other Marathas. It was only Shivaji who had the vision and Baji Rao tried to make it into a reality but things went awry after his death and everything came crashing down at Panipat.
They were defenders of Hindus initially, if they were not why were Hindus inviting Baji Rao to come and liberate them from Bassein which was under Portuguese occupation?, after Baji Rao was gone, the later Peshwas had no vision nor did any of the other Marathas. It was only Shivaji who had the vision and Baji Rao tried to make it into a reality but things went awry after his death and everything came crashing down at Panipat.