Once upon a time, there was the great Maratha Sambhaji, who continued to haunt Aurangzeb even in death
Op IndiaThe previous chapter in our story ended with the death of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. It became obvious that the vast lands under his control was not enough to satiate Aurangzeb’s lust for power and the ambition to unfurl the Kesari Dhwaj across the lengths and breadths of Bharata meant that the Marathas could not and would not back away from the war. However, Aurangzeb was conspiring to secure a deal with the Portuguese which would have allowed the Mughals a supply route to Deccan via the sea. Instead of clashing with the Mughals directly, the Marathas resorted to harassing their forces with sharp swift attacks that rendered them incapable of carrying forward their march. However, the horrid cruelty that the Maratha King was subjected to inspired everyone to rally underneath the banner of the Kesari and swear a sacred vow that they would not rest until the last vestiges of the Mughal empire were uprooted from this sacred land of ours.
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