In 1666, Shivaji Maharaj and his son Sambhaji escaped from the Agra Fort, one of the most miraculous escapes in India's history. A fascinating excerpt from Colonel Anil A Athale's book, The Legacy......
'Aurangzeb, who had destroyed the Hindu temples of Mathura and Kashi and many others in the north, was a very different ruler when he came to Maharashtra.''He did not touch a single temple in......
Shivaji made sure that his soldiers respected the sanctity of mosques and the Quran Sharif to ensure that his fight against the Mughals did not become fight against Islam, explains Colonel Anil A......
'Shivaji Maharaj paid his tributes to Tanhaji's bravery by placing his necklace on the martyr's body.'He then uttered those famous words: 'The fort is captured, but our lion has fallen.' Who was......
'There was the indisputable fact that Savarkar knew Godse, Apte and Karkare well, he had corresponded with them closely, and funded their extremely provocative newspaper, and they looked up to him......
'Tanhaji has so much fun recreating a bygone legend and fictionalising history, authenticity and spellings, it gets infectious,' feels Sukanya Verma. Close on the heels of Panipat comes yet......