The ancient epic Mahabharat tells us that Lord Krishna’s consort Rukmini was a daughter of the king of Vidarbha, the present-day region around Nagpur in north Maharashtra. Before the establishment of the Mughal empire in the 16th century the region had seen the rise and fall of at least two major kingdoms, the Delhi Sultanate under Mohammad bin Tughlaq who, …
Sambhaji Maharaj’s birth anniversary is celebrated across Maharashtra and other parts of India on 14 May. The eldest son of Chhatrapati Shivaji, he was the second ruler of the Maratha Kingdom. It was Sambhaji who led the Maratha army i n the victorious campaign of Kolwan in 1672 along with Peshwa Moropant Pingle. Noted Historian YG Bhave in his book …
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