09-08-2006, 01:31 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-08-2006, 01:33 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
Another instance of misplaced Hindu generosity:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Befitting a true soldier, Chinmaji Appa granted the enemy most honourable terms. The Portuguese troops were allowed to march out of the town with full military honours, and a free passage was given to them as well as to Portuguese families along with their movables and effects. Vessels of war in the harbour were allowed to sail away with their artillery. Appa generously agreed to grant religious liberty to all those who chose to remain in the district. One article provided for the exchange of prisoners, while yet another agreed to maintain the privileges of three Churches in the Province.112
peshwa bajirao I and maratha expansion, dinge v g, Pg 207.
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This was after the Basseign campaign which started in the first place because Hindus had invited the Marathas to liberate them from Christian fanaticism, it is considered one of the greatest triumphs of Marathas in the face of Europe's best artillery superior fire power. It's estimated that the Marathas lost about 22,000 troops in this 2 year long campaign.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->While Bajirao was overrunning Hindustan, his brother Chimnaji Appa defeated the Portuguese in 1740 ending their rule in North Konkan. The persecution of all those who did not conform to the Christian doctrine forced the Hindu leaders to secretly invite the Portuguese to free them of foreign rule. The conquest of Bassein was long cherished by the Marathas as a matter of national pride and glory.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Befitting a true soldier, Chinmaji Appa granted the enemy most honourable terms. The Portuguese troops were allowed to march out of the town with full military honours, and a free passage was given to them as well as to Portuguese families along with their movables and effects. Vessels of war in the harbour were allowed to sail away with their artillery. Appa generously agreed to grant religious liberty to all those who chose to remain in the district. One article provided for the exchange of prisoners, while yet another agreed to maintain the privileges of three Churches in the Province.112
peshwa bajirao I and maratha expansion, dinge v g, Pg 207.
http://dli.iiit.ac.in/cgi-bin/Browse/scrip...e=2020050057258<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This was after the Basseign campaign which started in the first place because Hindus had invited the Marathas to liberate them from Christian fanaticism, it is considered one of the greatest triumphs of Marathas in the face of Europe's best artillery superior fire power. It's estimated that the Marathas lost about 22,000 troops in this 2 year long campaign.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->While Bajirao was overrunning Hindustan, his brother Chimnaji Appa defeated the Portuguese in 1740 ending their rule in North Konkan. The persecution of all those who did not conform to the Christian doctrine forced the Hindu leaders to secretly invite the Portuguese to free them of foreign rule. The conquest of Bassein was long cherished by the Marathas as a matter of national pride and glory.
http://www.indhistory.com/bajirao-peshwa.html<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->