What was the reason behind these wars? Who was the ultimate loser due to these wars?
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Same reason - power. Recently I read a book that stated the marathas at one time had become mighty - post Aurangazeb I think.
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But then who lead the Marathas? Because the Great Maratha 'Shiva ji' died in 1680, 23 years before the death of Aurangzeb in 1703.
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Just for you I went back to the book! Judith Walsh brf Hist of india
Pg 85
shivajis son sambhaji was killed 1689. But in 1724 mughals gave msrathas all of their territories for yearly tribute.
Series of Brahman Peshawar shaped marsthss using Michal techniques. Sjivajjs grandson shshu appointed balaji vidheansth as first peshwa
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His son bsjirao I second Peshawar. By 1751 marsths confedaracy extended to rajasthan Delhi Punjab in north and ksrnatak and Tamil land to south
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Kindle fire has life of its own. It is happily changing non English words. So lots of mangled words
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What the writer say about origin of these wars. Does he attribute it to the refuge given by Marathas to the rebel son of Aurangzeb?
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Right on Mr. Historian!
Pg 84- in 1681 rajput clans supported akbarII to usurp throne. Attempt failed Akbar II fled to maratha kingdom and then to court of Persian kings. Rest as stated above after aurangzrb attacked marathas and killed sambhaji. (Last 4 letters read haji
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I read that there were some Maratha queens that also gave tough time to Mughals?
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See what you did. I had to go back to the book again. Tara bail rajarams widow fought on behalf of her infant son. Rajaram was sambhajis brother.
On another note just saw khuda me pigeon. Forgot I had seen this ant 2 yrs back.
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Khuda ke liye
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Stupid kindle just changes words at will.
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What was the reason behind these wars? Who was the ultimate loser due to these wars?
Only dead had seen the end of war:), the ultimate loser were Indians:D, as after toppling Mughals, Marathas lost to Afghans:D in third battle due to their overconfidence:D
But then who lead the Marathas? Because the Great Maratha 'Shiva ji' died in 1680, 23 years before the death of Aurangzeb in 1703.
Their Brahmin ministers usurped the power, they are called Peshwas, Another classic example of Fighting pundas annihilating their opponents:D
His son bsjirao I second Peshawar. By 1751 marsths confedaracy extended to rajasthan Delhi Punjab in north and ksrnatak and Tamil land to south
The confederacy reached Attock in Punjab of modern day of Pakistan:)
Right on Mr. Historian!
Pg 84- in 1681 rajput clans supported akbarII to usurp throne. Attempt failed Akbar II fled to maratha kingdom and then to court of Persian kings. Rest as stated above after aurangzrb attacked marathas and killed sambhaji. (Last 4 letters read haji
Shambhaji was tortured to death by Aurangzeb, it was aurangzeb's way of killing, first ask them to convert to Islam and if they don't agree, declare them bloddy Kafir and torture them to death, same was the plight of Guru Teg Bahadur and Banda Singh Bahadur too:)
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Shambhaji was tortured to death by Aurangzeb, it was aurangzeb's way of killing, first ask them to convert to Islam and if they don't agree, declare them bloddy Kafir and torture them to death, same was the plight of Guru Teg Bahadur and Banda Singh Bahadur too:)
*THIS *
and the guy is revered as hero(i use to be one of them as kid) who killed his own sibling and imprisoned his father....
in someway we can compare Aurangzeb to tipu sultan,use to be a very big fan of him especially with that sanjay khan serial on DD 1 that is until i met my mallu friend
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Now whats the reality behind Tipu Sultan? Never thought that he would be as controversial as Aurangzeb.
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See what you did. I had to go back to the book again. Tara bail rajarams widow fought on behalf of her infant son. Rajaram was sambhajis brother.
On another note just saw khuda me pigeon. Forgot I had seen this ant 2 yrs back.
I read that tarabai was daughter in law of Shiva ji and she had tussle with Bajirao Peshwa over the rule in beginning.
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I hate Ashoka for same reason he too killed his siblings....
And thats what raghujinath peshwas wife did killed nephew of her husband....:D
some times i hate both kaurav and pandavas for attacking there own cousins.......:D
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a mallu guy can answer you better may be someone like queer,he is considered as a villian in kerala,this is the same place were religions have been most tolerant in india
lol i remember as a kid was a big fan of him,dad took me to mysore palace as well as srirangam to his deathplace (site where british shot him)
too bad as you grow up,everything isnt exactly what you thought would be
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a mallu guy can answer you better may be someone like queer,he is considered as a villian in kerala,this is the same place were religions have been most tolerant in india
lol i remember as a kid was a big fan of him,dad took me to mysore palace as well as srirangam to his deathplace (site where british shot him) too bad as you grow up,everything isnt exactly what you thought would be
strange. will wait for someone to shed light on this.