Chatrapati Shivaji Charitra

SR No.: 034490
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vaman Sitaram Mukadam
Publisher: Vaman Sitaram Mukadam
Publication Year: 1934
Total Pages: 720
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Book_Gujarati
File Size: 45 MB

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Marathas were the people looking apparently inconsiderable, that were destined by Providence to overturn the Empire, Aurangzeb was labouring to extend; who, issuing from their mountains and valleys, did in less than a century, level to its base the whole fabric of Mahomedan greatness, and created for themselves an independent Government on the ruins of an Empire of seven hundred years' duration, perhaps such a sudden succession of dominion from so obscure an origin, is without a parallel in the annals of mankind.
Commander Tone.
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My dear Wamanrao,
I am very glad to hear that your great work on Shivaji's life will be completed in a week or two. To your friends it is a matter of great pleasure that during your incarceration you should have found time for such a noble endeavour. Your work, therefore, will have a peculiar value for you and your friends. I have not had the opportunity of reading your book, but I feel sure that, with your singular capacity for devoted work and your great admiration for the Maratha leader, you must have done your best. Shivaji's life at a critical time like the present has many lessons to teach, and I have no doubt that the way in which you have handled his life and teachings will provide your readers with many object-lessons full of value in present-day politics.
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Shivaji's name is still the one magic cry of Maharastra. His dynasty has been extinct for centuries. His state has crumbled into dust. Yet he is to-day regarded as the unexelled ideal of a wise just patriotic and sagacious ruler, who set the noblest example of Indian capacity for self-government. It is well known how in the last War, in France and Mesopotamia, the Maratha battalions were moved to the highest deeds of heroism by the mere utterance of the War--cry "Victory to Shivaji Maharaj ".
M. R. Jaykar. Bar. at las. Bombay.
શ્રી છત્રપતિ શિવાજી મહારાજને હિંદુઓંકા સગઠન કિયા ઔર હિંદુ સામ્રાજ્યકા પુનઃ સૂત્રપાત યિા. જે શુદ્ધિ કે બડે સમર્થક થે. ઉન્હાંને સમર્થ્ય ગુરુ રામદાસકી આજ્ઞાસે બિજાપુરકી સેનાકે બહુતસે મુસલમાનીકા હિન્દુ બનાકર મરડા જાતિમે મિલાયા. જબ તક શિવાજી મહારાજકા જાતપાંતિકે તેનેવાલા તથા તાતકો મિટાનેવાલા સિદ્ધાન્ત પ્રચલિત રહા તબ તક મહારાષ્ટ્ર સામ્રાજ્ય ઉન્નતિ કરતા રહા.