Chhatrapati shivaji Maharaj : build swaraj empire

Chhatrapati shivaji Maharaj : build swaraj empire

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In India of 1646 AD for a Hindu ruler to establish an independent kingdom there had to three main conditions fulfilled. Area needed to be far away from imperial power centers, agriculturally unimportant with dense forest cover for guerilla warfare. Destiny fulfilled these conditions around 1646 AD when Shivaji formed a group of strong supporters from local peasants called 'mavlis'. Shivaji had a good idea about the importance of forts in empire building. Therefore the 15-year-old Shivaji took control of the torna, chakan and kondana forts by bribing the adilshahi commanders. Thena, Kalyan and Bhiwandi under mullah Ahmed was seized by Shivaji under abhi sondev. These events ruffled the Adil shahi sultanate.

Chhatrapati shivaji Maharaj

To stop Shivaji they arrested his father, this is why Shivaji did not attack Adil shah directly for the next seven years. However he was getting 'deshmukhs' and other influential people's support and crushing rivals hook or by crook.

Slowly he built a huge army commander by Netaji palkar, infantry by yeshaji kank and had 40 forts under his dominion. To nip this in the bud, in 1659 AD badi sahiba of Bijapur sent Afzal khan, and Afghan general with an army of 10,000 soldiers to destroy Shivaji. Afzal khan was known his cruelty and brutal strength. To make Shivaji fight in the open, he desecrated Hindu places of worship and killed many innocents civilians. But Shivaji employed guerilla tactics and hid in pratapgad fort covered by dense jingle. Finally Afzal khan called Shivaji to meet him personally for truce with a plan to kill him, when they met, khan in the pretext of hugging Shivaji tried to suffocate Shivaji with his iron grip. But wily Shivaji had hidden tiger claws and a dagger. He tore apart khan's stomach and killed the man who was almost twice his size and defeated khan's Bijapur saltanate.

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