India is always been known for its prosperity. This is why it is called ‘Sone Ki Chidiya’. This is the reason the land of India faced many foreign Invaders. Mughal was one of them Invader. The Mughals wanted to take over all of India. They were also going to succeed in this, but at that time an Hero was born. Who created a new New hope in losing India. This was the hope of Swaraj. Today in this blog we are going to Tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his Birth Anniversary.
This is the story of 17th century when Mughal King Aurangzeb was the ruler of Delhi. At that time,the Mughals had occupied almost the whole of North India & used to spread their foot in South India. At that time an Hero was born on 19 January 1630 at Pune He was Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Shivaji Rao Bhonsle was founder of Maratha Empire his Capita was Raigad. Shivaji’s father Shahji Bhonsle was a Maratha general who was served the Deccan sultanates. Shivaji was devoted to his mother Jijabai. At this time Pune was in the princely State of Deccan sultan Adil Shah. Shivaji Rao was a Patriotic & fearless personality. His father was associated with Adil Shah so that when the right time comes, he can liberate the state. At that time Shivaji Maharaj was a viceroy of Pune. They didn’t have an Army. But even then, he made his army& started occupying the forts of Adil Shah. When Adil Shah was imprisoned, he took Shivaji’s father Shahji Bhonsle & his Brother Sambhaji Bhosle captive. When Shivaji came to know of this he wrote a letter to the Mughal emperor Jahangir by using his Intelligence. In which he told him about Adil Shah’s conspiracy against the Mughals. When Jahangir received this source,he ordered Adil Shah to leave Shivaji’s Father & brother & after this Adil Shah fled to East & After that Shivaji Maharaj establish Maratha Empire.
When Aurangzeb become King of Mughal emperor he wanted to take possession of South India. To accomplish this, he sent his uncle Ishiyant Khan with approx. 1.5 lakh Soldiers to attack the Pune. Ishiyant Khan kept watch over Shivaji for 3 years. One day Shivaji attacked Ishiyant Khan with only 350 Maratha Soldiers. In this attack Ishiyant Khan was ran out but he lost his fingers & Mughal army was scared . After this Aurangzeb attacked many times on Shivaji Maharaj but Shivaji Maharaj never lost any war. His dream to spread Swaraj was grew up day by day & he winning forts from Mughals. For which Shivaji Maharaj got titel ‘Chhatrapati‘ & he become Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was dead on 3 April 1680 due to fever. But he left behind the Maratha Empire, which was able to give Freedom to India.
The Tulja Bhawani Sword
According to many believes Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was a great devotee of Lord Bhavani & Lord Bhavani was happy from his worship. Lord Bhavani gave him a sword whom they didn’t lost a single war in his life. Now this sword is in London , Royal Collection trust of Royal Family of London.
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Vishal Thakur
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Vishal Thakur 