Your research and books highlight how many Maratha, Rajput, and Brahmin chieftains allied with Aurangzeb, Afzal Khan, and the Bijapur Sultanate against Shivaji. How does this challenge the common ...

By 1657, Bijapur sought to curb Shivaji's expansion, sending Afzal Khan. They met at Pratapgad, where Shivaji, suspecting treachery, killed Khan with his famous wagh nakh (tiger claw). Maratha ...

students of Chirayu KC Bajaj College of Education staged a compelling street play reenacting the historic encounter between ...

New Delhi: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was a secular leader. While he was a warrior and a nationalist at the core, he also had great respect for other religions. When Afzal Khan, a general of the ...

One such instance took place years before the Agra escape. In 1659, Shivaji faced Afzal Khan, a formidable warrior general, said to be over 7 feet tall, sent by the Bijapur Sultanate to eliminate him.

"We have Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as our adarsh (ideal). He had even built (Adilshahi general) Afzal Khan's tomb (at the base of Pratapgad fort). Bharat ki yeh udarta ki, sarvasamaveshakta ka ...

MUMBAI: Hitting out at those who attempting to incite communal tensions over Aurangzeb's tomb, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Chief Raj Thackeray said that the Mughal ruler wanted to erase ...