★★★ Excellent Video !!! Very Informative.. While we all enjoy this video let us also not forget that -'Those Who Do Not Learn from History Are Doomed To Repeat It'. -It is true & there is NO doubt that the brutal & fanatic Islamic Mughal rule in India faced stiff resistance at different periods from the great RAJPUT warriors, fierce AHOM warriors from Assam, the Vijayanagar and Hoyasala empire from South & from Punjab the brave SIKH warriors...India's strength lies in Unity in Diversity. Rightly did the great Hindi Poet Bhushana, who forsook the royal favours of the Mughal court to come over to Shivaji to record his glories, he sang :-“काशी की कला जाती, मथुरा की मसजीद बनती, अगर शिवाजी ना होते तो सबकी सुन्नत होती.” meaning : (Had not there been Shivaji, Kashi would have lost its culture,Mathura would have been turned into a mosque and all would have been circumcised.) If not for Shivaji and the Marathas, there would have existed a continuous Islamic belt from Morocco to Indonesia. What addition of 1 billion more adherents to Islam would have done to the world power balance or what would have happened to Indian legacy like yoga, ayurveda, music, art and philosophy, is not difficult to guess…. It is worthwhile examining the 'what if' of Indias history, Aurengzeb, Akbars great great grandson, had embarked on the 'Islamisation' of India. The Marathas, inspired by Shivaji, fought Aurengzeb and saved India from following the fate of Persia. The proof of Maratha victory lies in the fact that Aurengzeb lies buried, not in Lahore /Delhi or Agra , but near Aurangabad in good old Maharashtra... Indian history before Shivaji's advent reads like a chronicle of military disasters. Shivaji changed all that. He used Guerilla Tactics very effectively. Shivaji, as a great warrior & visionary laid a strong and solid foundation that after his death in 1680, there was a series of battles fought between Marathas and Mughals from 1681 to 1707 known as 'War of 27 years' and ended with the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, about 2.5 million of Aurangzeb's army were killed during the Mughal-Maratha War of 27 years. The Marathas eventually emerged victorious and consolidated their lost territories and further expanded by the Peshwas. The Maratha empire reached its peak in summer of 1758 with the conquest of Attock, which is banks of Indus river in Pakistan today. Its eastern frontier was today’s Orissa, being ruled by Raghuji Bhosale of Nagpur. Maratha armies had also reached upto Murshidabad, but then retreated and settled for tribute from Bengal and control of Orissa. To the south, in 1758, territories upto the fort of Gurramkonda in Kadappah district were held. Also, Tanjore (Thanjavur) was under Marathas, but that was a different line. In 1761, the PANIPAT war was lost to the Afghans but Marathas RESURRECTED quickly like phoenix bird from asheswithin 10 years and brought the whole of North Indian again under their control during the 1770's under leadership of Madhavrao Peshwa. Marathas also comprehensively defeated the Nizam of Hyderabad and kept Hyder Ali- Tipu Sultan of Mysore in serious check. Eventually, the Marathas grew stronger and fought the British in three Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-82, 1803-05, 1817-18), In the First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1782) the Marathas emerged Victorious. A Vijay Stambh (Victory Pillar) erected to commemorate Maratha victory over British is located at Vadgaon/Wadgaon Maval, close to the city of Pune. The 2nd and 3rd were subsequently lost and British established themselves which was followed by the Uprising of 1857 . (-By the way, just for your G.K, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is today considered as the 'Father of the Indian Navy' AND Apart from Jijabai, 3 well known Women personalities emerging from the Maratha empire were Maharani TARABAI, Devi AHILYABAI HOLKAR from Indore and RANI LAXMIBAI of Jhansi also known as Manikarnika.-) Hearty Salute to the sacrifice made by our Great Sikhs, Rajputs, Marathas and Ahom warriors for standing up to brutality and defending Mother India ! Like if you agree India as a secular country needs UNIFORM CIVIL CODE. Jai HIND !!! VANDE MATARAAM !! ★★★
@nikhilgargi
3 жыл бұрын
Really nice introduction from the professor. Wondering who he is and if I can listen to his lectures
@pratibhasingh7684
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so Much for this video !!
@bhagwanmishra3666
5 жыл бұрын
a great lecture ...learned a lot today
@gauravdixit9674
5 жыл бұрын
Do IIT Gandhi Nagar has the transcript of the lecture. Kindly share it on your website
@anilsinha4968
5 жыл бұрын
Problem with our political leadership is/ was that they do not take professional advice seriously . At the time of our independence our economic and social position was pitiful . But still there are certain decisions taken despite of it that are highly questionable . Decision to refer the Kashmir problem to the S.C and forfeiting the security council seat at the U.N ,instead we forwarded it to China . Shimla agreement is not worth the paper it is written . Time and again our political leaders have failed .
@Arunjeet_Singh
6 жыл бұрын
Sir we need a book from you.
@kapilgyawali4758
3 жыл бұрын
India can only bully Nepal in kalapani sorry to say this but india is not thinking clearly by undermining Nepal's interest which in fact is India's interest .
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