Some common questions / misconceptions

1. How to explain greatness of Chhatrapati Shivaji in few pages ?

2. What is contribution of his sons towards Indian history.

3. Why Peshwa Bajirao was called an Outstanding Cavalry General.

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4. Did the Marathas have any influence at Jagannath Puri.

5. Significance of Panipat III

6. Weren't the Marathas destroyed at Panipat ?

7. How a revival was led by an 18 year old Peshwa.

8. How Shah Alam wanted to carry the EIC to Delhi.

9. The Hindu flag on Delhi from 1788

10. Wrong assumptions - British succeeded the Mughal empire.

11. Marathas had no cultural contribution.

12. Chhatrapati Shivaji is hardly a name outside Maharashtra.

13. Tipu fought the British. His contemporaries at Gwalior and Indore fought even harder but no one has heard of them.

14. See forts in xyz town , Maratha forts are all ruins only.

15. Scindia name means British supporter.

16. Portuguese once ruled entire suburban Bombay. Ousted by Chimaji Appa.

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The misconceptions can travel in a Whatsapp forward, the answers require a week or more of reading.

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