History of the Maratha nation

[Bodhi]

superstar hindutva thinker writes:

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->As the aging Thackeray ponders his loss of political splendour, he would do well to enlarge his currently puny canvass to the mega dimensions of the original Maratha sardeshmukh. Shivaji strove consciously for power as an instrument for the resurrection of dharma (righteousness), and termed his quest as “Hindavi Swarajya,” a word with geographical and spiritual-cultural connotations. When in his teens in 1645 CE, he began administering his father's estate under a personalized seal of authority in Sanskrit, a hint that he envisaged independence and adhered to the Hindu tradition. A 1646 CE letter to Dadaji Naras Prabhu refers to an oath that Shivaji, Prabhu, and others took in the presence of the deity at Rayareshwar, to establish “Hindavi Swarajya.”

The Peshwa, in contrast, accepted the Persian script under the influence of a Muslim courtesan, and narrow-mindedly refused to convert her to Hindu dharma despite her keenness to embrace the faith. As a result, the Marathas bowed to the Mughal emperor when they reached Delhi and missed a historic opportunity to re-establish Hindu rule; a classic case of muscle without mind, power without political sense! The rest is history.

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where is she going I wonder, and what depths our so-called Hindu journalists have reached in their utter ignorance.

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