Shivajis contemporary poet Bhushan (AD.1613-1715) was famous throughout India. He wrote two volumes of poetry named Shiva Bhushan and Shiva Bavani by making Maharaja Chhatrasal the hero of Chhatrasal decade and Chhatrapati Shivaji as the hero. Many kings of India wanted to see Kavi Bhushan in their
The Adilshahi kingdom of Bijapur, located in South India, was completely weakened by the fierce confrontations of Shivaji Raje. From this Shia Muslim state, Shivaji built his Hindu kingdom. The Qutb Shahi kingdom of Golconda lost its power and fell at the feet of Shivaji. Being patronized by Shivaji
It had been more than a year since Shivaji met Sambhaji. They reached Panhala to explain to him and see the changes in him. With tears in Sambhajis eyes, he fell at the feet of his father and started apologizing for his crimes. Shivaji made him sit up and told him good things about worldliness. Trie
On 3 April 1679, Aurangzeb again imposed Jizya on the Hindu subjects. This caused discontent among the Hindu subjects. Till now Shivajis policy had been that he used to send letters of treaty to Aurangzeb every now and then, but in practice he used to harm Aurangzeb, but this time Shivaji decided to
Shivajis son, Sambhaji, had become a victim of addiction due to being in contact with Prince Muazzam for a long time. Once a beautiful Brahmin woman came to Shivajis palace to participate in some religious event. Sambhaji broke his modesty by force. When Shivaji came to know about this, he imprisone
Sawai Jai Singh was born on 3 November 1688. He spent his entire life in the battlefields of North and Central India and did politics by living under fanatical minded emperors from Aurangzeb to Bahadur Shah, Farrukhsiyar and Muhammad Shah. It was not an easy task to do politics among the Mughals, Af
Sawai Jai Singh had a special love for architecture. He wanted to make his capital as grand, beautiful and convenient as the Mughal rulers. Initially he got some buildings built in Amer, but when he saw that there was not much scope for expansion in Amer, he decided to establish a new city for his c
Jaigarh Fort Sawai Jai Singh got Jaigarh fort built on the eagle mound near Amber fort in 1726 AD. Its structure is very similar to that of Amber Fort. Its length is 3 km in north-south and 1 km in width in east-west. A huge cannon named Jaiban was built in this fort, which at that time was the wo
Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh was a scholar of high order. Along with Sanskrit and Persian languages, he was also proficient in mathematics, geometry, astronomy and astrology. He gave shelter to many scholars. He brought many eminent scholars from places like Maharashtra, Telangana and Banaras to Jaipur
During the time when the responsibility of giving direction to the politics of North India came on the shoulders of Sawai Jai Singh, the whole country was stricken by the atrocities of Aurangzeb. During the 25 years spent by Aurangzeb on the southern front, the countrys rich wealth was destroyed and
The Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah had deprived Jai Singh of the rights of Amer state and made him a vassal of Dausa only, but Jai Singh with the help of Mewar and Marwar kings defeated his brother and his supporting Mughal officials and recaptured Amer. Gradually, his influence in the Mughal court inc
Raja Sawai Jai Singh of Amber and Raja Ajit Singh of Jodhpur became friends in their youth. Together, both of them snatched back their respective kingdoms from Bahadur Shahs molar. Later both became servants of the Mughals. Jai Singh went to the Subedari of Malwa and Ajit Singh went to the Subedari
Although the court of the Mughal emperor was always full of conspiracies and new conspiracies were made against Jai Singh, but even then Jai Singh held an important place in Mughal politics, so he had a special influence on the Rajput princely states. Jai Singh confined his political activities from
Farrukhsiyar was put to death in November 1720 and first Rafi-ud-Darajat and later Muhammad Shah Rangeela was made the emperor. On 21 April 1721, Muhammad Shah gave Jai Singh the title of Sarmad-e-Raja-e-Hind. It seems that Muhammad Shah had also thought of a special role for Jaisingh while sitting
On 2 February 1713, Farrukhsiyar was successful in capturing the throne of the Mughals. By this time the situation in Malwa had become very critical. On the one hand, the Afghans under the leadership of Inayat Khan and Diler Khan had revolted and on the other the Marathas were trying to cross the Na
Rao Jodha included Merta, Phalodi, Pokaran, Bhadrajoon, Sojat, Jaitaran, Siwana, Shiva, Nagaur and some parts of Godwar region located under the state of Mewar, etc. Never before had such a large kingdom been under the authority of the Siha dynasty. Jodha tried to annex the area up to Hisar in the n
In 1462 AD, three years after the establishment of Jodhpur city, Rao Jodha visited Prayag, Kashi and Gaya pilgrimages. In the fifteenth century, traveling to distant pilgrimages by a great Hindu king was an arduous task. There were many reasons for this. The king was always surrounded by enemies. Fr
Inappropriateness of Mandore Fort The fort of Mandore was situated on the banks of the Nagadri river flowing between the inaccessible hills of the Aravalli in the pre-Gupta period. It is estimated from the name of the river that the Nagas must have started the construction of this fort and they mu
It has been described in the legends of Jodhpur that Maharana Kumbha launched a campaign against Jodha as soon as the pressure on the side of Malwa and Gujarat subsided. He came to Marwar with a large army and stayed in Pali. From here Jodha also went to fight but he did not have enough horses. Due
Hansabais Heartfulness Fifteen years have passed since Kumbhas right over Marwar, but Jodha was not getting success. Seeing such plight of her nephew Jodha, Maharana Kumbhas grandmother Hansabai called Kumbha to her one day and said- The Rathores have suffered all kinds of losses in going to my Ch
In the name of Francis I, he sailed in 1534 with two ships westward in search of a passage to China. It travels north along the Canadian coast and then south around the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The following year, the king sent him back to explore the continent. Cartier then enters the St. Lawrence Riv
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