08-27-2006, 07:09 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->After the capture of Sinhagad in 1644, Shivaji commenced open aggression against Bijapur, of which further proof is supplied by another
valuable document dated 30 March 1645, also a letter address-
ed by the Adil Shah to Klanhoji Jedhe, and his Deshpande
Dadaji Naras Prabhu. It says :â" Shivaji Raje has turned
disloyal to the Shah inasmuch as he has organized troops of
the Miavlas and having taken possession of fort Rohida, has
established his own garrison in it. He has also built a new
fort and named it Rajgad and thus strengthened his position.
You have openly joined him and pay him the revenue, instead of obeying our officer at Shirval. You give him insolent replies.
This cannot be tolerated. Unless you at once resume your
obedience to the Thanadar of Shirval, you will be put to death
without mercy."
This letter clearly unfolds the early moves of Shivaji.
After Sinhagad he took Rohida, built Rajgad, and established
his hold on that portion of the Maval, all within a few months,
indeed an astounding performance. What was first started in
secrecy7, took now the form of an open challenge. Dadaji
Naras Prabhu referred the letter to Shivaji and asked him
what reply he was to make. Shivaji thereupon wrote to Diadaji
Prabhu the following reply on 16 May 1645:â" The Shah is
entirely misinformed. Neither you nor I have turned disloyal.
Please see me with that letter immediately. You have no reason
to feel distressed. Raireshvar, the divine master of your valley,
inspires you and me alike and gives us success. He gives us
power enough to establish Hindawi-Swarajya. We are mere
instruments in divine hands. Come what may, we should stick
to the secret oaths we have exchanged, as advised by Djadaji-
pant in the presence of Raireshvar. He wills it all. Don't
lose courage."11 Letters like this tell us definitely how7 Shivaji
set out on his mission. As usually happens, he outwardly pro-
fessed perfect loyalty to the Sultan and urged that the activi-
ties he undertook were entirely in self-defence and part of the
Government's work, intended to put down lawlessness and
disorder, as peace was highly essential for the development of
this hilly country, which for centuries past had known no
rule, no authority, no order and which now had begun to yield
a good return.
new history of the marathas volume I shivaji and his line 1600 1707, govind sakharam sardesai, Pg 110 and 111.
http://dli.iiit.ac.in/cgi-bin/Browse/scrip...e=2020050057066<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
valuable document dated 30 March 1645, also a letter address-
ed by the Adil Shah to Klanhoji Jedhe, and his Deshpande
Dadaji Naras Prabhu. It says :â" Shivaji Raje has turned
disloyal to the Shah inasmuch as he has organized troops of
the Miavlas and having taken possession of fort Rohida, has
established his own garrison in it. He has also built a new
fort and named it Rajgad and thus strengthened his position.
You have openly joined him and pay him the revenue, instead of obeying our officer at Shirval. You give him insolent replies.
This cannot be tolerated. Unless you at once resume your
obedience to the Thanadar of Shirval, you will be put to death
without mercy."
This letter clearly unfolds the early moves of Shivaji.
After Sinhagad he took Rohida, built Rajgad, and established
his hold on that portion of the Maval, all within a few months,
indeed an astounding performance. What was first started in
secrecy7, took now the form of an open challenge. Dadaji
Naras Prabhu referred the letter to Shivaji and asked him
what reply he was to make. Shivaji thereupon wrote to Diadaji
Prabhu the following reply on 16 May 1645:â" The Shah is
entirely misinformed. Neither you nor I have turned disloyal.
Please see me with that letter immediately. You have no reason
to feel distressed. Raireshvar, the divine master of your valley,
inspires you and me alike and gives us success. He gives us
power enough to establish Hindawi-Swarajya. We are mere
instruments in divine hands. Come what may, we should stick
to the secret oaths we have exchanged, as advised by Djadaji-
pant in the presence of Raireshvar. He wills it all. Don't
lose courage."11 Letters like this tell us definitely how7 Shivaji
set out on his mission. As usually happens, he outwardly pro-
fessed perfect loyalty to the Sultan and urged that the activi-
ties he undertook were entirely in self-defence and part of the
Government's work, intended to put down lawlessness and
disorder, as peace was highly essential for the development of
this hilly country, which for centuries past had known no
rule, no authority, no order and which now had begun to yield
a good return.
new history of the marathas volume I shivaji and his line 1600 1707, govind sakharam sardesai, Pg 110 and 111.
http://dli.iiit.ac.in/cgi-bin/Browse/scrip...e=2020050057066<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->