BRAVEST INDIAN KING : Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj & Maratha Legacy I Ashish Bharatvanshi On TRS

Blessings to you. Jai Bhawan. Jai Shivaji.

Jai Bhawani. Jai Shivaji.

What should India know about Maratha history?

Everything. Because it's a Neel. We light the first Diwali lamp for Shivaji Maharaj. Because of which the lamps of our temples are lit today.

Boom.

The terror of Shambhaji Maharaj was so great that the Portuguese have written that the war of gold was going on. Boom! If we kill the king now, the Marathas will kill us so much that we will have to leave India today.

Sometimes I wonder why God created a man like Aurangzeb.

It's important. If there are no challenges, you won't be united. Secondly, your friends tell you your status. Your enemies tell you your status.

Oh wow!

It's our fault that the Mughals came and won over India. One Hindu king is standing against another Hindu king. That's why you lost. Aurangzeb's wish was to conquer the whole of India. And he defeated the whole of India. King Dhiraj!

King Shiv Chandravati Maharaj! We got a news from Dakhan that Shivaji has declared himself as the king This was a big thing Aurangzeb says that Shivaji doesn't have food, treasure, and gunpowder like us Still he gets victory Do you know why?

Shivaji has built strong forts But Shivaji has created people with stronger conscience strong mind that can't be won. If you want to rule, learn the way of Shiva. We are lucky that we have an enemy like Shiva. The most special thing about history episodes is that all this is practical history which you can use in your life.

Just like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj started the Maratha Empire and made India's legendary empire. I want you to learn psychology, strategy and tactics from this episode which you can apply in your life, in your professional life and in your personal life as well. Now get ready for a legendary story where you will understand the blueprint of leadership, courage and vision

and you will be able to apply it in your life.

Let's dive into this very powerful conversation

with Ashish Bharatvansavani Jai Bhavani Jai Shivaji Jai Shivaji What a challenge of the summit with a bit what a challenge I get something like a You room now, it's column come cold. We don't open this room often nowadays. Today we have opened this room again.

I'm also feeling special.

Thank you brother. Tell us quickly, what should India know about Maratha history, which India doesn't know yet?

India should know everything about Maratha history.

Why?

Because it is a foundation. Why? to end, it is very important to know this. Reason being that there must have been a kingdom that started from zero. Before 1630-1625, the Maratha kingdom was not anywhere in India on such a large scale. I am not saying that there were no Rajputs. There were Rajputs. Rajputs had their own lineage, lineage tradition, they used to become kings, they used to go, they used to come. But the foundation that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj laid, the first king that Shivaji Maharaj established, was such a king that so many invaders were surrounding you and a new king was establishing a kingdom.

He was giving you a new timeline. All the words you used in your day-to-day life, letters you used, were all in Persian. Innovation, like,

take this out. Forming a dictionary and giving 30,000 new words is also done in Maratha Empire. Naval system is brought by Maratha again.

Before this, Chanakya had warship navies, but those were river wars. Landing a navy on the sea is brought by Shivaji Maharaj. Many such techniques,

Gorilla warfare, have been used swiftly. It has been done before. But to do it in such a way, that big, big, military, take an example of it.

I mean, History of World Wars, or in different battles, two battles are always mentioned. One is the battle of Pratapgarh, where Abzal Khan was killed and the other is the battle of Bajirao which is the battle of Palkhed.

So Field Marshal Montgomery Bernard has mentioned that he was in World War II. That how Bajirao won the battle of Palkhed, what strategy he must have had, that is taught to the military people in America or abroad. So why shouldn't we read it, sir?

Okay. You said a very interesting thing before the show. That what's the point of history? Why are we talking about these things in 2026? Tell me in a couple of lines. Because I have to ask you related questions.

I believe that, what does it matter to me if there was a king 300 years ago or 400 years ago. History's point of view is that the mistakes that have been made are going to be repeated again

because history repeats itself. Our job is to not make those mistakes. If a person wants to do anything in life in the future, on a large scale, someone wants to come into business, someone wants to go into politics, there is politics everywhere. If you read case studies, what is history in the end?

It is case studies, right? If you are reading case studies, it is beneficial for you. Otherwise, you will make mistakes, then you will learn, then you will make mistakes, then you will learn, then you will make mistakes, then you will learn again. No.

Study, know, understand. There are many things, sir. I get many messages like, Sir, I was in a lot of depression. History was not my favorite subject. I started watching your videos

or started reading history. Now I am like I will win everything in the world. That is why history is very important.

Okay, all the films that have been released related to Maratha history. What do actual Marathas think about those films? Tell us a little bit about it. And do you have any hope that the Indian film industry will release good Maratha films or not?

Maratha... I think that you should stop reading history from movies. I will say that don't read history from movies. If you are going then watch for entertainment and come back. Otherwise, I also feel that something is happening.

I mean that's how I look at it.

That you get a little inspiration. Something is happening. Nothing is happening. something is happening Yeah, I mean that's how I look at it That I get a little inspiration Something is happening, nothing is happening, something is happening But till now, Bollywood Has not given me a movie That I was like, wow, what a movie Nothing, nothing happened

Out of the ones that have released Tanaji, when I saw it I was not that educated After studying, when I see Tanaji, I feel why did he make this movie? Even talking about Chhawa, I'll tell you one small incident. What was the highlighted scene in Chhawa movie?

Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj's death scene. The last scene, it had a full highlight on it. In the starting, you showed his relation with Yasubhai. In the middle,

you showed some small wars scenes And you showed their death directly I will tell you an incident of Sambhaji Maharaj Think how to portray that If I am a director or writing a script It is important to show that scene When Sambhaji Maharaj started fighting with the Portuguese

Fonda's fort comes Fonda's fort in eastern Goa. Fonda fort was in the eastern section of Old Goa and Vasco. That fort was near Marathas. Marathas' boundary was from that fort. The whole area below was of the Portuguese.

When the fight started with the Portuguese, they said that we have to take Fonda first They attacked Fonda Sambhaji Maharaj was at Rajapuri Danda That is, there is a section above Alibaug The border of Alibaug-Kokand He was there

Now they are being watched They thought that we will take Fonda like this The best period of Marathas was 200-300, 1000-1000, 10-10-20,000 rupees were too much.

Why?

Because the techniques of guerrilla warfare were like that. Second thing, if we are on top of the fort, then climbing on top of the fort means trekking. Trekking while fighting. Trekking is difficult anyway, but you have to trek while fighting. Marathas have made things in such a way

Like you must have seen a scene of Bahubali In which he breaks a dam. Every fort had a dam. If someone was going up with an army They used to open the dam door. Water is flowing, we are going down.

Throwing stones, doing this from the dam Shooting cannons from above So that is not easy. So when the war of Fonda was going on, Sambhaji Maharaj had a very narrow view. The war went on for a long time. But the Portuguese after a while

were getting those things. They were finding out that they were winning. When Sambhaji Maharaj came to know about this, Sambhaji Maharaj came there with 600 people. When the Portuguese

came to know about this, you think, Sambhaji Maharaj was so great that you can see in the Portuguese newspapers that when Sambhaji Maharaj came, he was in the middle, 300 people were on the side, 300 people on the side, 600 people were coming to the middle of Portugal,

and not a single person dared to shoot him. Because they knew that if they killed the king of Marathas right now then the Marathas will kill us so much that we will have to leave India today itself. So, Sambhaji Maharaj was entering like a gangster. Just think about the scene.

The scene that you see in South Indian movies that the hero is coming that scene actually happened. I am saying that no, this is written by the Portuguese that he was entering like a gangster. He has swords in both hands.

300 on each side. And he is standing with 300. No one is daring to fire a single bullet on the Marathas. You couldn't have created this scene. It was Ram Sej's fort. Ram Sej's fort couldn't win over Mughals for 7 years.

To win that fort, they used so many different methods to conquer the fort like they were making a 3-floor fort, they were trying to kill the Marathas by dropping them at night.

They were running up the hill. There were so many small things that you can show. What did you do in the 6th movie? In the 6th movie, they showed the roar of Sambhaji Maharaj. They showed Sambhaji Maharaj

that we have to fight, we have to fight, we have to fight. But Sambhaji Maharaj had written so many books. Sambhaji Maharaj at such a young age, at the age of 14-15 years,

Sambhaji Maharaj has written a book in Sanskrit, Budhubhushan. You haven't mentioned it anywhere. When you want to portray something, you take time to make it. Don't make it just because you want to. Do you think actually, a series should be made? Exactly. That's the only way to... Yes, and I should keep a writer.

You know also, I feel that anime series should be made. Exactly. Because in real world, that won't be able to show that scale. You won't be able to show that. But still, there is a director in Marathi named Dikpal Lanjegar. He is making 8 movies of Shivaji Maharaj.

8 movies?

8 movies. Out of which 6 have been made. Sher Shivraj, Pawan Khind. Sir, when I saw the movie Subedar, the movie that was released on Tanaji Malusare, he said the same movie in Marathi as Subedar. It is available on Amazon, you can watch it. I still get goosebumps while remembering the movie.

I have cried at least 7-8 times in that movie. How should even a simple dialogue delivery be? How is Shivaji Maharaj being seen? Just to showcase that you want to take a good hero, like the Tanaji movie, they took Shivaji Maharaj who is at least 6 feet tall.

Shivaji Maharaj's height must have been 5.6 feet. Do a proper portrait. It's not necessary that you have... Oh, Bhalji Pendharkar had made a movie in Marathi. Shivaji Maharaj has a black and white movie on Shivaji Maharaj. Superb! So it's not necessary that

you have to have that much VFX. The point is that in history, you don't have to show too much to show something.

I think when you live in Maharashtra, you know a little bit of Maratha history as compared to the rest of India.

A little bit of Maratha history as compared to the rest of India.

A little bit.

I feel that

this is an advantage of every regional place. Yes.

Every regional place.

Rajput history in Rajasthan. I personally feel that I really like Sanjay Leela Bhansali as a director. And because of him, many people got to know about Peshwa Bajirao. That was the intro to Peshwa Bajirao. But no one has made a movie on Bajirao.

And he is a very big warrior figure in the history of India. It is said that, I was studying for this episode. So he can be compared loosely to someone like Alexander the Great. Napoleon. He is called Napoleon. Conqueror warrior. He conquered so much landmass. So why aren't more films made?

Because sir, one thing is that people got two parts on Bahubali. They gave five years. Five years for two parts on Bahubali. You have to have patience. You need a quick movie. Who has been focused on Bajirao Mastani?

What is the famous battle of Bajirao Mastani? You have focused on Mastani. You have shown a love story in it. For whom is it famous? For Conqueror. What have you shown? Secondly, Ranveer Singh and Bajirao

Many people don't know about Bajirao That's why you took Ranveer Singh and tried to present him with that energy Even the character of Sambhaji Maharaj played by Vicky Kaushal Sambhaji Maharaj was extremely fair in color

Even if you hear a description about Bajirao Bajirao, it is like this The women of Nizam Shahi in the south, the women of Nizam wanted to see Bajirao He was that famous, he is a very beautiful man We want to see him once, Nizam said okay I will show you So Nizam is sitting in the court, Bajirao is coming

Women were told to stay behind the curtain.

So, when Bajirao has entered,

Bajirao's necklace is thrown on him. He is such a beautiful man.

But you know, the starting scene of Bajirao Mastani, where Maratha court is shown,

Yes, yes.

That was the best scene for me.

That's there.

Because they captured the energy right and for me if you are watching a history movie, I always try to find the spirit of the characters. That actually the ones who have been in Bajirao, do they have blessings on this movie or not? No. No? No.

Wow. No.

Because the one who has read Bajirao, who has understood Bajirao, who has lived Bajirao, he will not like the movie. Bajirao is a very different case, sir. And if you are making a movie on Bajirao, like suppose a movie is being made on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, it is very important to show the character of Jija bhai. It is very important.

In Tanaji movie, Jija bhai's character is shown. Similarly, if a movie is being made on Bajirao, then it is also necessary to show the character of Balaji Vishwanath. Show it for 20 minutes, 30 minutes, but show it. Secondly, Bajirao's spirit is not just that we are Bajirao, we are Bajirao. No, there are many different things. If one of Bajirao's battles is being taught to you in World War, the big chief marshals of World War are talking about it. So you didn't show any war scene in it. A very good one.

Your sequences are also a little bit shaken in the movie. Even in the Chhawa movie, the sequences are shaken. Back and forth. What I mean to say is, make one movie. Make it with time.

Make it good. Make it excellent. Otherwise read books. I will say this. Read books.

I think I know what your answer is going to be. I will still ask. But were there blessings of Sambhaji Maharaj on Chhawa?

Look, I will say that I don't even give reviews on movies. I don't even give it because I feel that no one knows the history of Sambhaji Maharaj.

It's a beginning.

It's a beginning. No one knows, but something is being known. So if you ask what was there, I will say yes, it was based on societal. There was a lot of craze for Chhawa. That history went to people, people got to know that history. So I want that now is the time, if you are interested,

if it is in trend, then read it.

Out of all the Bollywood podcasts, I was very impressed with Vicky Kaushal. As a host. Kyunki bahut pure insaan. And agar koi insaan tata pure hota hai na, wo actor bhi bahut jabardast hote hai. And aksar aise actors jab history,

roles play kar rahe hain,

wo ekdum ghust jaate hai character. So maybe Vicky Kaushal se energy hoon rahe hai. portray as a role of Maratha history. So I'll use him as a Kundaji Farzand, who has a siege. There, he has defeated 25,000 with 60 Mahavals. With only 60. How is it, sir?

For us, like, if you're watching a movie from a layman's point of view, who doesn't know anything, he'll know something. But the person who is eating in 5 star everyday,

sitting in the AC everyday, you will leave him in the heat, the same condition will be ours. Let me twist this question a little bit. We will present the timeline of the entire Maratha history first, just a little bit, just character wise.

Yes, yes. According to me, Yes, yes, yes. He was trying to destroy the fort after coming to India. What was his age? Whose? Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb was, when he died, he was 85 years old. So, if you subtract 25 from 85, it's 27. He was in his 60s. 27 years.

He has been there. He has been there for 27 years. If he comes in 1680, 1681, he has been there till 1707. Why did Mughals decline actually? The basic reason was see, Mughal line was going up when Akbar was there. Akbar understood this very well that when he got attacked in Udaipur, he understood that he doesn't want to fight with the local people.

Aurangzeb was not like that. Aurangzeb was Dharmand. Dharmand means he was blind for the religion. He banned music, banned liquor, or did things like he is a kafir, I won't be allowed.

He attacked temples, broke them. This was very rampant during Aurangzeb's time. Secondly, Aurangzeb didn't do things by making a mess to get the people on the throne

he would murder the Darashis, or his father, or keep his father in prison. Aurangzeb has done all these things in such a swift way and in a very dictatorial way.

Akbar is the complete opposite of this. When they were going up, the ranks during Akbar's time, literally after Akbar's death, they had to make the sons of Akbar swear that they would not do what their father did.

You need to be very strict with the kafirs.

But who made them do it?

The maulvis there. Even the fatwas had been issued in Akbar's name. That Akbar is anti-Muslim. Akbar lives with non-believers, what he is doing is not right. Aurangzeb started imposing Jazeera tax again. So, at the time of Aurangzeb, everyone's head was very tight. So, as soon as Aurangzeb died, there were no strong leaders left in left. Reason being, first reason is, after Aurangzeb's death, when his son came to power, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Bahadur Shah first, he was 65 years old.

Wow. Okay. Meaning 64 year old prince. 65 years old prince, yes. Four brothers fought, Muazzam, Azam and the Akbar shown in a Shahwa movie, that Aurangzeb had fled to Iran and Iraq. But the three brothers fought and I was 65 years old prince sitting there. After sitting there, he knew that the faction of Shia and Sunni had also increased a lot. In the Mughal court, the faction of Shia and Sunni had also increased on such a large scale. Because he knew that he did not give much importance to the Shia.

He did not even consider them Muslims. Even when he made Adil Shah attack, when Aurangzeb won, he converted Ali Adil Shah from Shia to Sunni. So Aurangzeb's policy was such that he was killed because of his own policy. Because if Aurangzeb's policy had started again all over India, The next statement is that the door of Kufr was broken. They fought for Mughals. The moment Jaswant Singh died, there is a statement that the door of Kufr was broken.

The Kafirs who are standing in front of me, I have broken the door, now go and attack Jodhpur. They directly tried to conquer Jodhpur. So all the Rathods there rebelled. They said we will not stay with you.

Aurangzeb when the son of Mastani, who ruled Bundelkhand for 17 years. Aurangzeb promised Bundelkhand's kingdom that he will fight with him for the throne. The moment he wins, he will let the kingdom be his. But the problem was that he won and after a year he attacked Bundelkhand. So Aurangzeb's only wish was to conquer the whole of India and defeat the whole of India.

Why?

Because he was religiously blind, sir. So he knew the concept of Gajwai Hind. Now there is a small monologue, a three-minute monologue. So that monologue is such that it is a fictional monologue. A beautiful play called Zanta Raja has been written here.

So, how was it? He believed that, I am not able to defeat Shivaji. He died after coming to Swarajya. He had gone mad after Swarajya. I am able to win everything, but this is a Dakhan's knee that I am not able to win.

So his dream was that the blood of Changes and Taimur should conquer the whole of India. We are blind religiously, so I want that even when I was dying, I had this statement that I know I have done a lot of wrong things, but no one will say that I have not done anything for Islam. I have killed a lot the opponents of Islam. So he was blind for his religion.

Extreme religious motive.

Extremely.

That's what it is. I was actually going to ask you that sometimes I wonder why God made a person like Aurangzeb. It is necessary. Look sir, I always say this. People may feel bad about this. I say that if there are no challenges,

then you will not be united. Challenges force growth. Yes, it is very important to have challenges. Secondly, your friends tell you about your company. Your enemies tell you about status, your enemies tell you your worth.

Oh wow!

Your friends tell you your status, your enemies tell you your worth. Wow! If the Mughals came and won over the whole of India, whose fault is it? It's your fault, sir. It's our fault. It's our fault.

Why is it our fault, sir? Because you think, you are coming in or Maharashtra is being attacked. Mirza Rajiv Jai Singh has come from there to attack. Shivaji Maharaj has been defeated. There is a Purandhar treaty. One Hindu king is standing against another Hindu king.

Aurangzeb is not even able to win. Indigenous people fighting against the indigenous people. That's why you have lost.

I was watching a history video yesterday. Another example of why the way schools teach history is not the best. Yes. If I tell you about the East India Company, mostly we visualize the whites. In the East India Company, there were very few whites.

Mainly Indian soldiers. Sir, you know, when this happened, when they conquered Bengal, first of all, they conquered Bengal. So, the battles that took place in Bengal, if there were 30,000

armies, sorry, 70,000 armies, of which 3,000 were British, secondly, you understand, you are not the slave of England, you are a slave of East India Company. The company has ruled you.

I am highlighting East India Company here with Aurangzeb because you said And the pattern is also shown in a dialogue from the movie Durandar that the biggest enemy of Indians is Indians. The biggest enemy of Indians is Indians. Historically. Exactly. Yes, that's why you have to read it, sir. When Afzal Khan came, 12 Marathas, how many Brahmins,

came with Afzal Khan to kill Shivaji Maharaj. Because they were not ready to accept him as their king. One level deeper. Because at the start of the podcast,

we said how to connect with 2026 context. I would call this historical crab mentality. If someone is going up in the hierarchy of our country, others will try to pull him down.

Which you can see very easily on Indian Twitter.

Yeah, yeah, indeed. It is seen everywhere. In the company, there is politics. In the corporate sector, there is politics. Even in the school, the students understand that this kid is going ahead of me. Politics has entered everywhere.

Yeah, you know, great that we have highlighted this but nothing is going to change

because this is a societal cultural thing you can accept it sir

a year or two ago I would have agreed that with one podcast, one dialogue

no, one podcast, let me tell you something you asked me a very beautiful thing keep the gita there so this question was asked by Arjun I'll tell you something, you asked me a very beautiful question You have kept the Gita there, right? So this question was asked by Arjun to Shri Krishna Arjun asks Shri Krishna that why do you want to fight? Krishna said that you want to fight because it is your religion

So Arjun said, even if I win, so what? There is Pitamah in front, my brother I win, I will kill everyone, what will happen? So Madhav says, listen, when you were not there, there was a war,

you are there, there will be a war, when you are not there, there will be a war, then why do you want to fight? You want to fight because you have to fulfill your religion and the next generation

should understand how to fight so you are just an example so I know that a podcast, a history chapter or a movie doesn't change the society

but I think that you were like this 7 years ago like you are today you you were like this 7 years ago, like you are today, you were not, you were not at all, today I am like I am, I am not. I think that if one Ashish can become Bharatvanshi or one Ranveer can become Alabadia, then you have to become for that one person. The legend of Hanuman has a very beautiful line in it, in which Hanuman ji, Narad ji would ask Bra Brahmdev that if there are so many bad people in the world, why don't you end the world? He said,

the world would have ended long ago. But we have to live for those 10% good people. The world is eternal for them. That's why if you feel that nothing is going to change, try it.

Trying is our job. Yeah, I mean, I'll tell you honestly, whatever happened with me last year, I have a little cynical mentality from a societal perspective. I am very optimistic on an individual level. I personally know a lot of people

who clicked photographs with you, as soon as they clicked with you, all the photos were removed and unfollowed. I feel like, what is the audience doing? Yeah, I mean, and also what hurt me a little extra is that this negative PR, paid PR culture

which the media people know, I think the audience is also starting to understand. You know, look, sir, let me explain one thing. Understanding people or getting to know people, at that thing. People didn't know what Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was doing at that time. He was trying to work for us. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj used to write letters to everyone and say that you become the king.

Mirza Raj Jai Singh came and Shivaji Maharaj said that I will give you a full support. I will work under you. I am ready to give the whole of India to you. Issue with the public is that they know that they might go and sit there. Either they won't be able to sit there, or after sitting they won't be able to become what this person is doing. They want everything according to entertainment.

Yes.

Now, talking about Arjun Kapoor. He is such a troll. Amazing. I mean, there is no connection at all. You don't like his, then talk to them about that. You target them at a personal level. You hit them at a personal level.

Everything else has become entertainment for people. Because people can't go to that level.

Do you think that this is the thing? That taking entertainment from someone else's pain is the same cultural problem that you were highlighting? Crab mentality, pulling other people down.

Yes, because if I can't extend my line, then I will reduce yours.

Yes.

So, I am going to my house and telling that you know, my friend got 2 out of 10 marks. 3 marks. Who got 10 out of 10?

You tell me.

No.

Because I am bad, I can't be good, so everyone is bad. I can't be big, so everyone is like that. Try to pull that down.

Yeah, okay. Back to Aurangzeb. Because, he has said these tangents. But it's important. Like, the best films,

always have a very strong villain.

Yes.

Because it creates a sense of conflict and it's also a reflection of life. So, some people feel bad that why are we highlighting Aurangzeb so much. I always teach my kids this. If you can't learn or read the villain, how will you know what solution to give on the problem?

Aurangzeb as a villain, what were the positive traits of Aurangzeb as a conqueror?

Very good question, very good question.

Like, was he strong?

No, no, no, it's a very good question. You have focus on aim, right? Die for it. Fight. Fight for him. When that man is coming to Maharashtra, he is in his 80s. He is sitting till 1707.

I will give you one of his best examples. Shah Alam. Shah Alam, his son. He came to him with his son. He tells Aurangzeb to name him. He is in his 80s. He is in 80s.

He is not able to walk. His knee is broken. He is told to name him. What will be the answer of Aurangzeb? Aurangzeb says, You name him. I will name his son.

Because I am going to live a long life. He used to come out of his shamyana everyday. He used to bring his sword out. He used to pose out of his shamiana, bring his sword out, and show it to people that he is going to live long. When he came to know that Marathas are not letting him win the fort, he went out to conquer the fort at the age of 80.

Wow.

He said that he will go and win the fort. His willpower was at the next level. His knee was broken. He was doing his morning ritual, His willpower was at the next level. His knee was broken. At one place, he was doing his morning ritual. Suddenly, he heard a voice saying,

Marathi is coming. He was actually defecating. He got up while doing it. And he fell down. His knee was broken. Now, the other person should not even know

that the king is lame. That's why, the place where he used to sit, he had a curtain in front of him. So he was very much like, I will do what I have to do. And if he had found another son like Aurangzeb, then Aurangzeb's entire plan would have been successful. What was the plan?

His plan was to conquer the whole of India. See, he used to put a flag in front of him. He used to put a flag in front of him. He used to put a conquer the whole of India. See, he used to put Alamgir in front of him. Alamgir means the conqueror of the world.

Meaning title, Alamgir Aurangzeb. Alamgir Aurangzeb, conqueror of the world. His plan was to conquer the whole of India. If possible, he wanted to conquer the whole world. He wanted to convert everyone in this.

The whole of India, geographically, in that time, up till Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu, from Tamil Nadu to Kashmir, Kashmir to Pakistan, after Pakistan, you had to cross the Burma border, that whole section, and the Nepal section too. Nepal was fine, it was our part, we had conflicts there,

but the picture of the whole of Afghanistan, the whole of Sindh, the whole of India. And another thing is that the one who has India in his hands is the richest king in the world. Because we were number one in the economy at that time. Aurangzeb has a small monologue, whenever I was telling you, I can understand his feelings.

What did he expect from his princes? If you allow me, I can do this monologue in 3 minutes. So what happened is that Shivaji Maharaj was coronated. There is a scene. I will tell you this in my storytelling. Suppose there is a scene, all his princes are standing. All the people who have been defeated by Aurangzeb are standing.

All the ministers, saints, and great people who have been defeated by Aurangzeb and Shivaji Maharaj are all standing in his court. The news has come from Dakkan that Shivaji has declared himself king. This was a very big thing. That in 450-700 years of slavery, someone is building his own independent kingdom. Aurangzeb is worried what should he do with Shiva

why doesn't this infidel come to his aid so all his princes are standing all the people he defeated are standing his uncle, king of Jodhpur, everyone is standing and when he is coming to the court

his slogans are being raised Alamgir Aurangzeb is coming

his slogans are being raised and he Alamgir Aurangzeb is coming

He is shouting his slogans And he is getting mad after listening to it He says that These are all nonsense, Prince The truth is that from Kandhar to Tanjavur We, the people of India who dream of our Mughal Empire What are we, the people of Madhavlod, who have dreamt of a Mughal empire from Kandhar to Tanjavur, seeing today?

Shiva has built his empire in front of our eyes. He has defeated our army, citizens and officers. This is our uncle, Umrao Ali Shahishteh Khan. The truth is, prince, that he was a lucky man Shivaji killed him and released him

He lost only 3 fingers Hamshif Aulad Khan who was holding a sweet Shivaji escaped from the Agra prison Surat's beautiful Nawab

Inayat Khan Bahadur When Shivaji came to Surat He ranab of Surat, Inayat Khan Bahadur, when Shivaji came to Surat, he ran away from Surat. This beautiful Nawab of Jodhpur, Jaswant Singh, he was beaten on the back, not on the chest. This Hamshi Faulat Khan, this Ranam Astha Khan, this Boondi Kesar Singh, and many more,

Hapshi, Iraqi, Iranian, Arab, British army chiefs, who Shivaji and all their honor was ruined. Do you know why, Prince? Shivaji doesn't have food, treasure, or gunpowder like us but still he wins.

Do you know why? Maybe you, who are so brave in singing, great dancer, singer, fun, drunkard, will never understand Shivaji. Shivaji built strong forts, increased his army and army, but Shivaji has also created people with stronger conscience,

who cannot live without it. We tried to give so much wealth to those people with strong conscience, but they spat on our wealth. There is no such thing in the entire universe which Alamgir Aurangzeb could not buy but in Shivaji's own pocket

he showed us that he neither bows nor stops he neither gets tired and he neither sells Shivaji is unworthy arrogant and a traitor

but his movement is pure like milk and the sky is high like a tower. If you want to rule, learn the walk of Shiva. We know that Shivaji Maharaj. How is Shivaji Maharaj? What is he? Why is he? How is he? And he knew that if there is a biggest enemy of mine,

Shivaji is my biggest enemy. That's why he didn't come to Maharashtra till Shivaji Maharaj was alive. He didn't come. Why didn't he come? Because when Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj defeated so many people Shivaji Maharaj came to your house in Agra prison Shivaji Maharaj escaped from there with sweets in his hand

So when his soldiers used to lose here in Maharashtra He used to write all the letters and ask What happened? Why? How? So he wrote this in one letter You had also come to Agra. How?

The same way.

So he was like, I have to defeat Shivaji by any means. Because if Shivaji loses, I will win the whole of Dakhan. He has won Adil Shahi, Nizam Shahi, Vidar Shahi. All the small kingdoms, the golden kingdoms in our Nagpur section. He has converted them but he is not able to win over his own kingdom

he has a dream that he wants to be the king of India I feel that these people are also a bit narcissistic they have a behaviour like we are who we are and they want to see themselves as a world winner and the one who will have India in his hands will have the world in his hands because everyone wanted to come to India to ek tangent lena. Esoteric shabt jaanto aap? Esoteric matlab abstract ki thoda have mein. Ek esoteric khayal aata hai mere demang mein jo humne wo Rajput history wale podcast me

bhi thoda se cover kiya tha. Kyuki main samurai history bohot zyada padh raho. Aur samurai history me bhi ek occult element hota hai. Jisee humare pitru humayi rakshakar to unmei bhi same hai ki humare pitru samurai... Isme bhi hota hai. Maratha hoon me bhi hota hai.

Okay. Same hota hai.

Ye. To ye jo pitrus and protection ka angle hai ye samjhaye. Jai bhavani kyu kahta hai Do you know that in Chanakya Neeti, the occult element of war is mentioned? Yes. For example, the story of Ahoms. In India, if you go to any king, he is very connected to his gods. You must have seen the movie Kantara. In Kantara, the god Panjuli and the god Daiva protect him. In a similar way, in Marathas, they used to call the Shuranshnaths, like suppose you are getting married,

so what they would do is, they would call the souls of their ancestors, that you people come and they are coming and getting possessed by someone, and they were given swords in their body and they were being attacked and they were given swords so if a caravan was going they would call the Shuro and they would stand in a line

and then they would move forward so this occult system was also there in our history related to battles? related to battles in battles, you can understand

let me explain to you, there is a famous example of when Abzal Khan was coming, so, in Mughal or Adil Shahi, there were such things, so, at that time,

they used to explain that if your elephant dies, before it leaves, if the elephant dies before it leaves, then, brother, you should not go to war, it is an inauspicious. So Shivaji Maharaj got the elephant killed by Afzal Khan.

He is leaving from there, he got the elephant killed by the Gupta heroes. But still, in Shivaji Maharaj's case, you see a very positive element that Shivaji Maharaj used to take any negative angle very positively. Like Raja Ram Maharaj, when Shivaji Maharaj's second son was born,

he was born upside down. He was a male. So, it is understood that being born upside down is not good. So, when Shivaji Maharaj came to know about this, Shivaji Maharaj said, okay then, if he is born upside down, then Mughal Empire will also do the same.

Positive angle. You have to find positivity in everything. People will not go to war on the day of Amavasya. They will avoid it. Today is Amavasya. Shivaji Maharaj used to say that this is the advantage for us. Because if we are going at night, then the moon will not be there.

Make it an advantage. Use it. Secondly, if you are going with the name of Mahabhavani or Mahadev, then it gives you energy. Like there is a famous story, that Bhavani Mata gave the sword to Shivaji Maharaj.

That sword story. Shivaji Maharaj had spread such stories in his people. That Bhavani sword was an Italian sword.

This is the whole story.

Now what happened is, at that time, people's trust in you is very important. What would be Shivaji Maharaj's age? the whole story. Abzal Khan is the one who had imprisoned Shivaji Maharaj's father at one time. Shivaji Maharaj's elder brother was Sambhaji Raje, who was named after his son. Abzal Khan had got him killed by deceiving him. So, Abzal Khan's influence was all over India. So, when it was found that Abzal Khan is coming, around 1649 Shahji Raje was imprisoned because he was being elevated.

So, he was accused of helping his son so he was arrested and presented he said that he will not have any relation with his son By 1656, Shivaji Maharaj was 7 years old 7 and half years old

that we will not do anything nothing is happening till 1656 Before 1656, when it was declared in 1659 that Shivaji has again started to move his hands and legs when Abzal Khan is coming

people didn't have the confidence that we can kill Abzal Khan because he is bringing an army of 1 lakh How many armies do you have? If you count them, you are not bringing an army of 15,000-20,000 He didn't actually attack for 7 years Nothing happened

This is an astrological reason. No, no, no. It was not such a reason. The reason was that in 1649, when Shahji Raje was imprisoned, Shivaji Maharaj was under pressure that my father is still working for Adil Shah.

We don't have any source to prove that they were connected. But I can say 110% that they must have been connected. But I can say 110% that they would have been connected. They would have been protecting them from there.

Because Shivaji Maharaj, when he came to Maharashtra from Bangalore, he came as Adil Shah's Sardar. Later on, he started giving freedom to his Jahangir and all. Now, what happened here is that for 7 years, they have not had any roll call.

After this, when they did Zawri, It happened that for 7 years, he didn't have any roll call.

After this, when he was working for Adil Shah in Zawri, in 1652, Mora's death took place. Chandra Rao was his post. When Mora died, Adil Shah had to be asked who he wanted to make next. This time, he didn't ask Adil Shah. Why didn't he ask? Shivaji Maharaj said

I am supporting you, whoever you make to sit now he sat on Shivaji Maharaj's support but he started to show his teeth to Shivaji Maharaj again collecting money from the neighboring Jahagiris in Shivaji Maharaj's name or saying that I am the king

Shivaji Maharaj in 1656 first of all, he hit him not only him, but everyone in his family who tried to spread their arms or spread their legs, was hit. So, this hit of Jauli's Chandrarao More, it was like you took a direct conflict of mode

from Adil Shah and in Adil Shah, from Afzal Khan because the Pargana of Jauli used to come under Afzal Khan. He was the main governor of that state. So, Abzal Khan said that he will go to kill Shivaji Maharaj. And Abzal Khan's track record is that he has already caught Aurangzeb. Who was Shivaji Maharaj at that time?

28-29. Shivaji Maharaj was not even called a king at that time. Everyone used to call him a sir. There are many places where he is mentioned as a sir in the letters. He is not even a king. The people are not ready to listen to you. Secondly, who is in the army of Abzal Khan? Shivaji Maharaj's cousin uncle, Mambaji Bhosle, he is saying that I will go.

Krishna Bhaskar Kulkarni, Abzal Khan's lawyer, he is saying that we will go. Everyone is ready to go. Mohite, Ghadke, everyone is standing against Shivaji Maharaj. When all of them are giving you the strength that we will go to kill, The whole army has been in a state of panic The plan was to hide Shivaji Maharaj somewhere

Or we will go back Shivaji Maharaj's war here is a complete psychological warfare He has been avoided for 6 months He has been called after 6 months He has been killed At this time, it was very important to tell the public to Shivaji Maharaj

That Aai Bhavani has come in my dreams and Bhawani has given me this sword and blessings on whose trust I can defeat Afzal Khan

Which might have happened

Might have happened, might have happened That is the connection, that is Shivaji Maharaj Political strategy of Shivaji Maharaj was very ahead He used to think ahead about things This might have happened or not but the sword was made in Italy

so they thought Bhawani Mata gave it and there is nothing wrong in this like we are saying that Bhim killed Ashwathama now no one knows if it is the real Ashwathama or the elephant Ashwathama if you have heard the story similarly if I am saying that Bhawani Mata said this

then yes she is a religious person, what is wrong in that?

So, the metal from the European traders.

It was made in Italy.

The sword was made in Italy.

How is this communication happening?

What is it? At that time, all the swords were made from there. The bullets of the cannon were made from there. Europe. They used to sell it in the markets here. So we used to purchase it from here. In Bangalore or in Adil Shah's markets, in Southern India.

Now, understand one thing here. When you talk about swords, look at Shivaji Maharaj's mindset or his people's mindset. Those swords used to be made in such a way that they were slant swords. And the maximum height of Marathas or Shivaji Maharaj is 5'6", 5'7", 5'8".

How tall are Mughals? Or how tall are the Pathans? 6 feet, 6.6, 6.3. So how will you hit? So Shivaji Maharaj or the Marathas, they started changing the shape of the swords that was coming from the other side. They straightened the slanted swords.

So when I grab from here, the sword will not go here, it will go straight to your neck. That same sword is known as the Maratha sword in the world. Straight sword.

Maratha sword. If I hit, don't try to do this. The sword is light. When I hold the sword, if I hold it from here,

it should reach your neck. If I do this, you should be cut. So, such innovative things Shivaji Maharaj used at that time.

It seems occult science must be connected to weapons.

Occult science is connected to weapons, but weapons are given to us. So we don't need to connect it to occult, it is already given to us. Before using anything, we worship it. Similarly, when we celebrate Dussehra, we do Seema Alongan on Dussehra. Seema Alongan means, today I will decide where we will go to fight.

So that day, the weapon is worshipped. In the weapon, we are told, we tell God to come and sit in my weapon. Just like Lord Hanuman was sitting on the chariot of Arjun. In the same way, it is said that you come and sit in our sword,

come to the sword for protection. Then that sword is used. Blood is also poured on that sword. It is necessary to pour. Blood will be applied to that sword. Here, today, and of animal, sacrifice will be given. After that, that sword will be used.

There is a tradition in Rajputs. They take the sword and cut their head from here. From here. Because that blood should touch your sword.

Wow!

Have you seen the movie Avatar? Yes. The one that connects. Similarly, if my blood touches the sword, then my DNA, the blood of the sword, means my power will connect with it.

Blood bond.

Blood bond, yes. These things have happened to create that bond.

Hmm.

Because this is a history podcast, we go back to the timeline.

Yes.

Actually, it will take 10 podcasts if we... timeline Now let's begin. But later his name was read as Shahu. Shahu Maharaj, who is also shown in Bajirao Mastani. Mahesh Mahajirkar played the role of Shahu. Who became a very, very important ruler. Became a very important ruler. Yes, yes. In Bajirao's life, his Guru is the role of a Bruhaspati. If I say that Bajirao is Mangal, then he is a Bruhaspati. Shahrukh Maharaj is 7 years old Shambhaji Maharaj is dead Rajaram Maharaj is alive

Tara Rani is alive and Rajaram Maharaj is alive Rajaram Maharaj is 19-20 years old Now it is very important for you to have a king Only if someone sits on the throne, we can fight We can fight while watching someone Shivaji Maharaj had broken this process to a great extent

If I die,, keep fighting for me. Earlier it was like, if the king dies, this will happen. But still, your ideology that it is very important for a king to rule the country, or to run that thing, those things are not yet complete in you. You are not yet in the society, so it was necessary to make him sit on the throne. So after the death of Sambhaji Maharaj, Rajaram Maharaj was made to sit on the throne.

Was he prepared? He was just 19, 1920. No, he was not. He was not. No one was prepared. What must have been his mentality? Yes, his mentality was that, see, how was it? Rajaram Maharaj knew that this throne is not mine. He always used to say that the real heir to the throne is Shivaji Maharaj. Shivaji Maharaj means who? The son of Sambhaji Maharaj.

He is the son of Sahu Maharaj. But to protect the throne, I will do whatever I can. Because see sir, Chhatrapati, first Chhatrapati, you cannot compare Shivaji Maharaj with Sambhaji Maharaj to Sambhaji Maharaj. You can't compare Sambhaji Maharaj to Rajaram. And you can't compare Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to Bajiraoji.

Because father is a sin. So, by the time of Rajaram Maharaj, Swarajya was very widespread. Sambhaji Maharaj also used to go to war. Rajaram Maharaj was not that much involved in the war. So, Raja Ram Maharaj was not the one who was taking all the decisions. There was Amatya, economic minister, Ram Chandra Pant Amatya.

He was the one who was taking the decisions, all decisions. So, here it was decided that if we want to keep the king alive, then what will we do? We will keep Yasubai and her son

at Raigad. Raigad was a desert no one could win Raigad so to win Raigad, Zulfiqar Khan was sent Asad Khan, he is Aurangzeb's minister he sent minister's son Zulfiqar Khan to win he came here it took him 8 months to win

but how did he win? I will tell you later Raja Ram Maharaj was told to take all the food and water and take all the women and everything else and go to Vishalgad and take food and water from there

and go to Panhala and from there to Jinji which was in South India, first it was in Karnataka and now in Tamil Nadu because it is very important for you to stay alive otherwise Aurangzeb will kill everyone if all your mail and everything in your house is finished

who is left to rule? So, it was important to keep Rajaram Maharashtra safe. Ramchandra Pantha Amati said, I will do one thing, I will stay at Panhara. Panhara was the boundary. Panhara was the boundary near Kolhapur.

The Karnataka movement is going on below Kolhapur. I will save all those leaders and I will tell them how to run Maharashtra you go to the south so they were sent ahead they stayed here at Panhara

and at that time the condition was so bad because as soon as Aurangzeb killed Sambhaji Maharaj many of our leaders were divided.

Like, there is no king left, let's do one thing, let's start working for the Mughals. Many people were going to that other section. Ramchandra Banta Amatya and Raja Ram Maharaj said that the Jahagiri system, which was feudal,

meaning one village will have one Jahagiri, Shivaji Maharaj had centralized all the systems. Right? Because of which, the fight of Shambhaji Maharaj and the Kalesh that he showed, that give us our Jhagiri,

you must have seen that in the movie. That system, Raja Ram Maharaj had to re-establish. Whoever wins the village, he will get the village and the Jhagiri. Because of that, they killed Aurangzeb so much, so much, that wherever they get whatever, They killed Aurangzeb so many times They are killing whoever they can find

Now, two people's names come to the fore Santaji Ghorpade and Dhanaji Zadav Santaji Ghorpade and Dhanaji Zadav were under Shivaji Maharaj Santaji Ghorpade was an elder They were under Shivaji Maharaj After the death of Shambhaji Maharaj

Raja Ram Maharaj declared Santaji Ghorpade as the commander of the army. A little later. So these two people were so dangerous, so dangerous, so dangerous, that when Rajaram Maharaj was on the hill, they found out that Zulfiqar Khan was leaving to catch Rajaram Maharaj.

He spent 8 months here in Raigad. He was not able to win There was a person named Surya Pisa He was written a letter by the Mughals and said that everything is over We will give you money, you open the door He opened the door of Raigarh

That's why we lost Raigarh Otherwise, Raigarh was undefeated No one could conquer it So now Santaji Ghor fell and Dhanaji Zadav,

too dangerous man, so dangerous that the Mughals were shivering with fear of him. The reason for this is when King Rama Maharaj came to know that Dhanaji Zadav is coming to capture him,

he came to him and Santaji attacked him from here. He attacked him, but the Mughals had to retreat. They attacked the A Aurangzeb. Because you don't have a unified force. Sometimes from here, sometimes from there, sometimes from here, sometimes from there,

Where is this happening geographically? This is happening in Maharashtra. All over Maharashtra. Because you have declared that whoever wins the Jagir, will be given the Jagir. So what did the Marathas do?

They killed so many people who couldn't win a fort for 15 years. They are worried. They are shocked. They thought they will kill Sambhaji Maharaj. It will be over.

Raja Ram Maharaj stood up. Even after the death of Raja Ram Maharaj, Raja Ram Maharaj's wife Tara Rani stood up. Now he thought, should I lose to Tara Rani? There was a time when,

this story has not been told to anyone, the Marathas had captured Aurangzeb. What they did was, when Aurangzeb fought his last battle, which is a battle with Piraji Naik There is a place called Devgad down there He was going to Ahmednagar after winning from there

So the Marathas were coming from here by mistake He didn't see the Marathas' army He said Aurangzeb is going They attacked The pillar next to Aurangzeb The person of Aurangzeb was caught in that pillar

The commander of that area caught him He blinded him He said take out the money Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.

Wow.

Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. This was a bad idea for Marathas who were loyal to Aurangzeb We will kill Aurangzeb and dig this grave and when Aurangzeb was caught he was alive to see how we will loot him

We will loot him for the first time, second time and third time And what did Marathas do? Marathas knew that Aurangzeb would win the fort but he can't keep the fort with him Why? Because Saihadri Even if the fort wins, it can't keep the fort with itself.

Why? Because we are the locals of Sahyadri. We know how to climb Sahyadri. Like when someone goes to the Himalayas, the Sherpas climb it at such a speed, without oxygen masks.

Because they are already acquainted with the place. We know what to do. What did the Marathas do? They would fight for the fort for 6 months. They would give the fort for 6 months. Take it. Take it.

You take it. When do you have to give it? In June. Why do you have to give it? Because it will start raining in July. And only 3 people can roam in the Kokand during the rains.

Vadar, Badal, Barish and Marathas. There was no place for a fourth. He said, give it back. July came, climb it, take the fort back. Wow. Fort back in two months. What will this do? What will Aurangzeb do?

Aurangzeb will invest all his money in it. Finish his money. Finish his resources. Give the fort back, take it back in two months.

Economic warfare.

Yes.

Hmm. By doing this, he had completely ruined Aurangzeb. I am also thinking that his age 65, 70, 80 When he came, when he came

And spent 25 years here

81 to 707

There is a word, senile

Meaning?

Meaning when someone gets very old His brain doesn't work at that speed So he says that maybe he has become senile

You have to see one advantage of Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb doesn't like to dance, sing, have fun, drink.

Okay, focused.

He is very focused.

So do you think that even in his end of his life, he is sharp?

Mentally sharp? The person who knows where to act and how to act, I to do it. He used to sit like this. I am taking God's name to show. And suddenly, in front of him, why are you troubling me?

Let me win. I want to win India. I want to win India. I want power. He used to say all these dialogues. Even, imagine how his mind was working. He knew he killed his brothers. He imprisoned his father.

He was even getting aocked in the end. He didn't keep any of his sons with him. He was afraid that he would send someone to Afghanistan or Gujarat. He was afraid that they would attack him and kill him.

Medha ma'am shared a story about his death.

That he was in a hole in the wall room.

Yes.

What he did was he dug up pits. He dug up pits like this. It is said that in the last days of Aurangzeb, Manuchi writes, Manuchi was an

Italian traveller who used to live with him. He says that in the last days of Aurangzeb, he used to live so alone out of fear that for many days he wouldn't let anyone in to clean the house So literally, the smell was very bad

Because if he was eating something or if he was cooking something after killing an animal then he would throw it away He would be lying there for many days So Aurangzeb was not letting anyone in in his last days because he was afraid

that if he knew that he did not have that much strength then someone would kill him like I killed my father. And these last 25 years were spent in Maharashtra. Yes, 27 years.

And all this economic warfare is happening with them.

Yes, everything is happening.

The Marathas are not letting him live. He is thinking that I will win this fort today, I lost. I will win that fort, I lost. He fought for 7 years but could not win I would say he died a dog's death He died in a very bad way He died in a very bad way

Now back to the light Let's switch What was going on here in Marathas?

Yes, two things were going on here in Marathas One, Shahu Maharaj was under him at that time So he wanted to convert Shahu Maharaj

Under whom?

Aurangzeb. Shri Shambhaji Maharaj's wife and Yashu bhai were taken away.

Royal hostage.

Yes, and the rest of the kings and kings were in the south. Now, in 1700, King Rama died due to lung cancer. Lung cancer? Lung cancer, it is called Chairog. So, we have an idea that it was Chairog, which means a lung disease.

So, at such a young age, death from a lung disease is TB as well as lung cancer.

Something to do with coughing. Yes.

Because when he used to cough, he used to bleed a lot. He was also unable to walk for a long time. He had a lot of issues.

How old was he?

29, 30. He was very young. walk for a long time. He had a lot of issues. What was his age? 29, 30. He was very young. And his wife was?

Tara Bai.

Tara Rani.

One more character who deserves a movie.

Yes. Then Tara Rani comes in. And Tara Rani gave Dhanaji Dada an open chute to kill whoever he wanted.

Break it.

Tara Rani herself used to go to war. That this fort has to be won from here. Because Tara Rani saw Yasubai. She herself has lived with King Ram Maharaj. So her mindset was also like that. So it is said in Marathas that our bangles will do as much damage as your swords.

So Tara Rani also left everything mad for 5-6 years. Now the Mughals played a game here. the If Shahrukh Maharaj is released, then will Shahrukh Maharaj go and ask for his rights? If he asks, then will there be a war between the two? So Tara Rani was the same. After Aurangzeb's death, Azam was in Gujarat at that time. Azam was, there was a Shah Alam, Bahadur Shah, Shah Alam and Muazzam.

These are all their sons. Yes, sons. Muazzam is in Afghanistan. His name is Shah Alam. Later, he... No, sorry.

Muazzam.

Muazzam became Bahadur Shah. The one below is Shah Alam. Here is Azam. Azam declared himself as the king and he moved towards the north. Bahadur Shah won. Bahadur Shah came to the south.

But when Azam was going up, what happened was that the Mughals had won later on, Tara Rani started winning again. Because you are leaving the south and going up. So here he did one thing,

Zulfiqar Khan said, let's do this, let's leave Shahu Maharaj. Civil war will happen and that's what happened they left Shahu Maharaj

as soon as Shahu Maharaj returned Tara Rani said after the death of Sambhaji Maharaj who saved this whole place? my father, my husband so who will deserve to live here?

my whoever will go from my family tree whoever will live in my direct family tree whoever will live from that will sit You cannot sit So the son of Raja Ram Maharaj

his name is Shivaji II He was told that he was ruling So he was told that he will sit Now Shivaji was also the name of Shahu Maharaj but his story is that during his stay with Mughals,

his name was Shahu. How he was named is a different story. What would have been his age at the time of the civil war conflict? Now, if you think, he was 7 years old when Sambhaji Maharaj died in 1680. He was 7 years old.

He must have been around 27 years old when he came back. Not 27, 34 years old. 34-35. That is prime. Yes, prime. 34-35. Wow.

When Shahumara came back, he first wrote a letter to Tara Rani and said, You are my aunt. You are like a mother to me. I want you to bless me. Secondly, all these people who were fighting for Raja Ram Maharaj, Santaji Ghorpade, Dhanaji Jadhav, Ramchandra Panthamati, all of them,

I told you the first statement of Raja Ram Maharaj when he was sitting on the throne, that who is the original king? Shivaji, Shivaji means Sahu Maharaj. So actually, everyone wanted that Sahu Maharaj should sit, Shahu Maharaj So, actually, Shahu Maharaj should have been the one to sit It was everyone's wish But could he sit? No Civil war happened

In civil war, they even said that Shahu Maharaj is not the original Shahu Maharaj, but a fake Shahu Because Aurangzeb literally left a fake Shahu Maharaj with the Marathas to see what happens But a lot of people had seen Shahu Maharaj since childhood

That's why they knew that he is not the original Shahumaraj Now when Shahumaraj came back Shahumaraj wrote a letter After writing the letter, he said that I can't accept this that you will come, I will stay If you want to stay, you have to stay under me

But Time is now, man should sit on the throne Patriarchy Yes, it is very there. Sitting on the throne is very important. And all these ministers or all those who have been made to fight, for whom are they fighting?

All of them are fighting for the release of Shahu Maharaj. So when he came back, many people joined him. Then there was a small war between

them. And a boundary has been decided. The one who will live in Kolhapur, will be Tara Rani. The one who will live in Satara, will be under Shahrukh Maharaj.

When we had lost Raigad, when Raja Ram Maharaj came back to Maharashtra, he had established his capital in Satara. After establishing his capital in Satara, it was necessary for Shahrukh Maharaj needed to keep Satara under his control otherwise no one would consider him a king. Because Tara Rani was also spreading rumours that this is a fake Shahrukh Maharaj,

this is not original. So it was necessary to go there. So when he won Satara, a boundary goes below Satara and from there, the area of Kolhapur is yours and this is ours.

On a human level, it's actually mother fighting for love for the son, right? You can say that. It's a shame to see all this. Because both had the right intentions. It was a clean, just intent. But human limitations.

Let me tell you one more thing. When Shahu Maharaj was alive, he was made to write on paper that you will work as a mandalik of Mughal only. You're not going to get independence. You will work as a Mughal person only. Right? Tara Rani said first that he is coming as a Mandlik of Mughals. How can we accept him?

But when Bahadur Shah came down to attack the south, and defeated Shah Alam there, after defeating him, when he was returning, the Mughals threw another dice. The area that was of the Marathas, the Marathas needed the right to take the fourth from there.

So Shahu Maharaj sent his lawyer to him. Now what did Taraa Rani say? She said that this is a Mughal group and we will not accept it

Agree?

We can agree on this that no Tara Rani has her own self-respect and she wants to keep her own throne Shahrukh Maharaj sent a lawyer and Tara Rani also sent her lawyer that yes, we also want to get signed by the Mughals Tara Rani's mistake was that she was keeping her son's love before her own kingdom.

That is wrong. The kingdom is big, sir. Even Shahumaraj had said that you should live as a queen. I mean, there is a position, the queen and the queen's grand queen,

that is what you should live. You give orders as Jit bhai used to give. We want it the way it is. I wasn't ready for that either. How long did the civil war last? It went on for a long time.

It went on for a long time?

It went on for a long time.

How long?

It went on for 30-60 years.

What?

It went on for 30-35 years. It's not a conflict war. Just like... Just like in between. Wow man. And the war, the fact that it was a decisive factor in the war, that's how Bajirao was born. Because Bajirao threw the last battle of Palghar, after that the civil war ended.

Okay.

So, here it happened that, before I start Bajirao, I will tell you one thing, that Bajirao's father, So, for Aurangzeb, Purandhare Gharana used to work. Purandhare Gharana used to work for Aurangzeb. And Balaji Vishwanath was a good friend of Purandhare. Balaji Vishwanath had seen Shahu Maharaj.

Because they used to meet in between. And Shahu Maharaj also knew Balaji Vishwanath very well. So, when he came back, after coming back, in 1707, he took the throne in 1707 and started building his Ashtapradhan Mandir. He started building it. The person who rises in this is Balaji Vishwanath.

Balaji Vishwanath's biggest task is to get all the ministers who are working for Tararani, of in which all these ministers had to be given crackers. So Balaji Vishwanath was brought.

A strange question. When the 30-year long civil war was going on, what do you think, what would Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj think?

Tell me one thing. Think, what is Shivaji Maharaj for you? Living deity. He is more to me than a God. Why? More than a God. I am saying. Why? Is Maa first or Ishwar first? Maa first. Always Maa will be first. Because we have seen Ishwar for 9 months from Maa and we have known Ishwar from Maa.

So there is a saying in our Maharashtra. I mean, it is not a saying but I said this line, it became very famous. I say that we light the first lamp of Diwali to Lord Shiva, because because of which the lamps of our temples are lit today by Lord Shiva. So the one who saved God is Lord Shiva. Because if it was not Lord Shiva, then there would be no religion. If there was no religion, how would you know God?

Right?

Boom! A poem was written about this that Mathura would have been Madina, Kashi's art form would have been Mathura-Madina, if Shivaji was not there, everyone would have been Sunnah. So, what I mean to say is

how will I make Shivaji Maharaj feel that everyone who can fight for their own kingdom is fighting for their personal benefit today. That I should be the king That I should be the king. It is said that in the third generation, either the work is done or it is spoiled.

The work here was a little messed up. And the benefit of this was taken by the outsiders. What was happening in Mumbai then? The British were there.

The British were sitting there. Right from 1500.

No, no, no.

It was first with the Portuguese. It was first with the Portuguese. Mumbai. First it was with the Portuguese, then when the princess of the Portuguese got married to the prince of England, they gave it to her in dowry. Let's pause a little. Yes was not as important as Surat. Because Mumbai was not developed. Now, all the trading was done in Surat. When Shivaji Maharaj hit the Surat,

Why did he hit it? Because Shahistekh Khan came and stayed for 3 years. He said we need money. Now, what is your biggest trading hub? Surat was the biggest trading hub. Shivaji Maharaj went to Surat, looted Surat and brought it.

Now many people find the word loot bad. But I say that we looted the money we got by printing there. How did it happen? Shivaji Maharaj looted the sleep, peace of the Mughals, everything. Because it was the main center. Surat. He made the whole of Surat ugly.

First thing, Shivaji Maharaj only wanted to come back. He went and told the names of three people. Siddhi Bohra and two other businessmen. He told them that he is the biggest businessman. He gives you the most taxes. I say that you stay here for three years.

I will give you tax. I say that you stay here for 3 years I will give you a receipt I will write on the receipt how much money you need. I will stand outside of Surat, I won't come inside. Inayat Khan Bahadur, whose name I took of Surat, he was hiding. He

made a man sit and made him attack Shivaji Maharashtra. So Marathas got angry, they looted and burnt the whole Surat. People had left. That's why Surat's importance was reduced. And, other people, like Shivaji Maharaj, went to loot Surat twice.

So, when Surat was looted twice, its importance was reduced. That's why, with time, Mumbai's importance started increasing.

Now, the biggest thing that comes after this is that the Mumbai area the trading in Mumbai area was not on such a large scale when the Portuguese came, what did the Portuguese do? first of all, the Portuguese come to Kerala near Kozhikode

slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly they started spreading their hands up means from there to Mangalore, coming up from Mangalore, capturing the area of Konkan, coming up and up. On that basis, they also tried to develop Bombay lightly.

What was there before they came here?

Where?

The 7 islands,

what used to happen here?

The area of Mumbai, like there was a fort of Kulaba here, Kulaba. Kulaba fort. After Kulaba fort, small, I mean, similar to our Kokand area, it's the same Kokand area.

Trading was not rampant in Mumbai earlier. Later on, when they published 3-4 times in Surat, the area of Surat shifted to Mumbai. And because of the shift in Mumbai, the British took Mumbai very seriously and expanded it.

For example, this place is called Kalyan Bhivandi. There was a trading hub near Kalyan Bhivandi. The British had a lot of land here during the time of Shivaji Maharaj. So, there were mosques and some places under Adil Shah. So, Aurangzeb was captured near Kalyan Bhivandi and some places which were under Adil Shah. So, Abzal Khan captured Aurangzeb near Kalyan Bhivandi. And then, the mosques which were here, Shivaji Maharaj converted them into granary hubs.

He said, you will trouble us, so he converted the mosques into granary hubs. So, we get letters from Abzal Khan that you have removed our Maul are giving us trouble. So, the Mumbai section is the direct entry point into Maharashtra from the Samudra area. Why? Listen. The section behind Mumbai, you don't need as many hills to enter Pune as you need to enter the area below Konkan. You have the sea directly and behind the sea are the hills. So Konkan is very difficult.

But, Mumbai is very close to Surat. So, there were small boats in Mumbai. The Britishers started using those boats after redeveloping them. Earlier, it was under the Portuguese. The Portuguese gave it to the Britishers as dowry. When it came into the hands of the Britishers,

the Britishers had made their own stations. That it will go to Surat and from there to Surat, then from there to the roadway, transporting is a big thing. It can be directly dropped in Mumbai.

There is a strange perspective. When we go to the coastal road, as Mumbikers, we see the whole city, we see big buildings. On some level, I feel that there is a lot of blessing of Shakti here.

There is.

Because of these big buildings, stories and careers in every building. Mumbai's name is bigger than Mumba Devi. I mean, it's the blessing of Mumba Devi. Then I also think that why has there been so much growth in the last 400 years? What was happening before that? Because Shivaji Maharaj was born, right sir? Why did he grow so much? What thing that before that, they didn't have the strength. They didn't have the strength in the sense, they didn't have that much confidence.

The day they killed Abzal Khan, they didn't stop after killing him. The day they killed him, in the next 18 days, they have won 21 forts. Within 18 days, 21 forts were captured. How far? They are winning till Karnataka. Netoji Palalkar was our

head commander. I had the desire to go to Adil Shah's court and bring him back. But he was tired. So, that confidence that I am Marathi, I am Maharashtra.

And our Marathi attitude, you see, there is a saying in Marathi, If you find Maharashtra, you get the nation. If Maharashtra dies, then the whole of India dies. The economy is being taken out by the whole of Mumbai.

After that, you will see that in the top tier, there are only three places that are running the entire country's independence movement. Bengal, Lahore, Punjab, Maharashtra. So, when we say LAL BAL PAL, people believe in Bal Gangadhar Tilak, right? From Lahore, Lala Lajpat Rai, and from here, from Bengal, three places. Second thing, we have also got a lot of saints. The saint tradition has developed a developed in Maharashtra in a large amount.

For example, Tukaram Maharaj, Ramdaswamy, Namdev Maharaj. You have a variety of saints. So we have Dharakari and Varkari. The one who used to wield a sword was called Dharakari. Andarkari means the one who used to ride on the sword's edge was Dharakari and who is Varkari? Varkari means the one who is from the Varkari

community, the one who is from the Varkari community of Tukaram Maharaj so we have knowledge as well as power both together

Bro, one I mean, we have an intention setting on a very human level so I have noticed that when such history podcasts are made, they are a little more energetic. So I feel, I hope Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is here.

And through his blessings, things flow. I think it will happen. That is one intention. The second intention is that I have found it useful as a child and you have found it useful as a child. So there'll be children watching this and you know, maybe people in early 20s especially. They should mainly learn career motivation, life motivation, mentality, mindset.

Third thing, just you know, passing on the history student bait into the next generation. How we enjoy history, more teenagers should pick up enjoyment of history. Because I was talking to my girlfriend and all also, she said that history is such a boring subject. I said no, no, no. You've just been taught by boring people.

Yes.

So, I want to shift that personally. These are my three intentions.

Yeah.

Can I add an intention? Up to shift that personal. This is my team's intention. Can I add an intention? Up to you bro. My intention will be that we should pay attention to history storytelling for teachers as well. Teachers don't teach history

the way we should teach it. History is a subject that you will repeat mistakes only if you don't know your history. Beat any. One law of physics works in your relation, same law works in physics, same chemistry works.

Similarly, all the things that have happened in history, if you are not able to link it with your current situation, then there is no point in studying history. What's the point? Secondly, so much history. What's the point of it? The case is still there. What's the point of Indian history?

Otherwise, what do I care? Which king was there 300 years ago? What did Maharana Pratap do? What did Shivaji Maharaj do? What did he do? I say, study.

Study is important because you will learn from their mistakes. Otherwise, you will make mistakes and learn from them. It's better to learn from their mistakes.

Okay? Yes.

Friends, if we talk about the blueprint, it's a 200-300 years long story. Just imagine the twists and turns that have been seen in the story of the entire Maratha Empire. In this conversation, we've also talked about Peshwa Bajirao, but we thought we'll divide this whole conversation into two parts.

It's a very interesting story. I have learned a lot. I genuinely feel that I have applied a lot of things in my career. I genuinely feel that I have applied a lot of things in my career.

Keep in mind, here we will understand practical history together. to the world. You're welcome.