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[thebaffledcaptain]

Kanhoji Angre: the 18th-Century Maratha Admiral, Pseudo-Pirate, and All-Around Badass

So this post got more notes than I expected it to, so I figure I may as well follow through on my promise to make a post about him! You want to know about the aforementioned badass 18th-century Maratha navy admiral and pseudo-pirate who repeatedly fended off Western invasion in India? Then you shall. I wrote a paper about this guy, so here we go.

Let me introduce you to Kanhoji Angre. Information is scant on his early life and career—sources tend to disagree about his true origins and we don’t know a lot about his family status, but modern historians tend to trace his lineage to Tukoji Angre, his father, who distinguished himself in the early Maratha navy. We know Kanhoji was descended from a long line of Maratha mariners, which meant he fought in a number of naval raids and became acquainted with naval tactics as he grew up. As an adult, he began hiring out his own fleet to the Maratha navy itself, which, at the time, consisted only of numerous small ships and sought Angre’s heavier armament, which would become essentially the centerpiece of the naval force. In a sense he single-handedly built the Maratha navy into quite a formidable force, becoming Sarkhel, or admiral in 1698, and establishing numerous insurmountable forts along the coast.

Of course, the turn of the 18th century also coincided with growing European colonial intentions in India, and Angre’s presence is well-documented in East India Company records as a nuisance, a pirate, and a warlord in different capacities. To the English, he was a formidable pirate, a scourge to European ships on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent, and a menace to the Company, who suffered significant losses at his hand. Their interactions would eventually escalate into full-on military altercations, and the Company would go as far as to seek allyship with the Portuguese and the Viceroy of Goa, but Angre would remain undefeated throughout his lifetime, which consisted of many other interactions with various Western powers. He was arguably the most powerful maritime figure on the Indian coast by the time he died, but the European primary sources tend to play that down as far as they can for obvious reasons.

But I know you’re wondering—was he, then, a pirate? Well, it depends on who you ask. While Kanhoji Angre did, in certain ways, engage in actions that could be considered piracy from an English perspective, he still operated by a clear code of conduct. One account from 1716 tells of an interaction during which Angre detained an East India Company ship to determine whether they had a pass from the governor of Bombay, with whom he was bound to a nonaggression agreement, but otherwise did them no harm when he discovered they did. On the other hand, that same account quickly makes sure to mention how Angre would pursue vessels from Madras and Calcutta, the governments of which he had no agreements with. In the words of Patricia Risso in her excellent article about the topic, Angre “did not share the English legal definition of maritime violence,” which led to the inevitable branding of him as a pirate by the British, despite the fact that he did operate legally in accordance with those with whom he had such legal agreements. Whether this makes him a pirate or not is ultimately a matter of perspective, but in my humble opinion it certainly does not make him less cool.

Regardless of his status as a pirate or a military leader, Kanhoji Angre is a fascinating, highly overlooked, and pretty damn awesome figure in maritime history, and it’s a shame we don’t have more information on him. If you’re interested in more of the primary source material, I’d recommend checking out Clement Downing’s A Compendious History of the Indian Wars: With an Account of the Rise, Progress, Strength, and Forces of Angria the Pyrate, published in 1737 (free on Google Books!), for one such English perspective, which is the source I based my initial paper on. This is mostly my excuse to infodump about a guy I think history Tumblr would love, and who stands to be appreciated more for being an interesting dude and an all-around badass.

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[247reader]

Day 4: Ahilyabai Holkar!

Ahilyabai Holkar was born in 1725, during India’s Maratha Empire.  She was the daughter of a village headman, and had a marriage arranged in childhood to the son of a prominent general. Her father had begun her education, and her mother-in-law continued it, teaching her to administer her husband’s future kingdom of Malwa. 

When her husband was killed in battle, a devasted Ahilyabai intended to commit suicide on his funeral pyre, as custom dictated. Her father-in-law begged her not to, as he had already lost his son and couldn’t bear to lose her too; after Ahilyabai relented, he began tutoring her in military strategy. 

She briefly served as regent for her son, Male Rao, but after his death she stepped in as ruler, supported by the army. She quickly put down a rebellion - and then forgave the rebel leader, who remained a loyal advisor thereafter. This set the tone for her reign, a time of peace and prosperity. Ahilyabai dealt out justice, succored the poor, improved the rights of widows, and successfully defended her borders from raiders. 

Ahilyabai died in 1795, after a thirty year reign regarded as Malwa’s golden age. Her subjects, her rivals, and future historians alike hailed her as one of the greatest rulers in the history of India. 

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[bhagavanbhakthi]

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[little-desi-historian]

Happy Women’s history month, I’d like to highlight this iconic freedom fighter for India. Rani Lakshmi Bai.

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[suvarnarekha]

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[pradeepnagori]

14th Jan 1761, Third Battle of Panipat. The day that could change the course of Indian History.

(Video credit to my Friend Mahesh Kadam from Satara and Vijaya Dada)

Today everyone has been wishing Happy Sankranti and I rarely saw a post that remembered 14th Jan 1761, except for a few friends from Satara, since they are very closely connected to this day as a lot have lost a lot of family members, in some cases even two generations. Hence, I just thought may be its time to just make a small note and circulate so that this day could be remembered and paid tribute to the Maratha History

This day, 14th Jan 1761, is a day Indian History should never forget since this was the day 3rd  battle of Panipat was fought and I feel could also have altered the course of Indian History. This is my attempt to summarise what happened this day on the battlefield.

The Third Battle of Panipat took place on this day in 1761, at Panipat, between a northern expeditionary force of the Maratha Empire and a coalition of the King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Durrani with two Indian Muslim allies—the Rohilla under the command of Najib-Ud-Daula, and Shuja-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Oudh

The battle is considered one of the largest fought in the 18th century, and has perhaps the largest number of fatalities in a single day reported in a classic formation battle between two armies.

A little background to this war: Under Peshwa Baji Rao, Gujarat and Malwa came under Maratha control. Finally, in 1737, Baji Rao defeated the Mughals on the outskirts of Delhi, and brought much of the former Mughal territories south of Delhi under Maratha control. Baji Rao’s son, Balaji Baji Rao (popularly known as Nana Saheb), further increased the territory under Maratha control by invading Punjab in 1758 and went right upto the Attak fort. Marathas ruled from Attak to Cuttack. This brought the Marathas into direct confrontation with the Durrani empire of Ahmad Shah Abdali. In 1759 he raised an army from the Pashtun tribes and made several gains against the smaller Maratha garrisons in Punjab. He then joined with his Indian allies—the Rohilla Afghans of the Gangetic Doab—forming a broad coalition against the Marathas. The Marathas then were the protectors of Mughals in return of the Chauth, a right of tax collection in return of protection. Hence under the command of Sadashiv Rao Bhau, Maratha’s responded by gathering an army of between 45,000–60,000, which was accompanied by roughly 200,000 non-combatants, a number of whom were pilgrims desirous of making pilgrimages to Hindu holy sites in northern India

With both sides poised for battle, manoeuvring followed, with skirmishes between the two armies fought around Karnal and Kunjpura. Abdus Samad Khan, the faujdar of Sirhind, had come to Kunjpura, on the banks of the Yamuna river 60 miles to the north of Delhi with a force of more than ten thousand and supplies for the Afghan force. Kunjpura was stormed by the Marathas who was running short of supplies. Aided by the musketeers under Ibrahim Gardi, the Marathas achieved a rather easy victory at Kunjpura against an army of around 15,000 Afghans posted there.[14] Some of Abdali's best generals like Najabat Khan were killed.[21][22]Abdus Samad Khan the faujdar of Sirhind was also killed during the battle.[23]Qutab shah who was responsible for beheading Dattaji Shinde at the battle of Barari ghat was executed by the Marathas after their capture of Kunjpura

After the Marathas failed to prevent Abdali's forces from crossing the Yamuna River, they set up defensive works in the ground near Panipat, thereby blocking his access back to Afghanistan, just as Abdali's forces blocked theirs to the south

During the next two months of the siege, constant skirmishes and duels took place between units from the two sides. In one of these Najib lost 3,000 of his Rohillas and was nearly killed himself. Facing a potential stalemate, Abdali decided to seek terms, which Bhau was willing to consider. However, Najib Khan delayed any chance of an agreement with an appeal on religious grounds and sowed doubt about whether the Marathas would honour any agreement

Unable to continue without supplies or wait for reinforcements from Pune any longer, Bhau decided to break the siege. Shuja had been funding Abdali and hence was not in same position as Bhau. Before dawn on 14 January 1761, the Maratha troops broke their fast with sugared water in the camp and prepared for combat.

While until almost late noon Marathas were dominating the battlefield one bullet hit Vishwas Rao, Son of Balaji Rao. The death of Vishwas turned the battle dramatically. Seeing him fall, the troops lost heart. Sadashiv Bhau himself dismounted from his elephant to come to see Vishwas and without his rallying presence, the Marathas troops panicked and began fleeing the battlefield. In the unruly chaos that followed, Abdali launched another attack with the rest of his reserves that swung in from the rear and sides of the beleaguered Marathas.

What followed was a slaughter. Weakened after the day-long fighting they were cut to pieces as the Afghan cavalry tore into them and bullets rained upon them. Their right flank under Holkar and Scindia took no part in the fighting and melted away from the battlefield, moving to Delhi and then their home bases. For the rest, it was carnage, as they battled desperately in isolated pockets.

On this day, 50-60,000 Marathas fell only in one day. Another 20-30,000 women and children were captured and taken as slaves. Not less than 100,000 Marathas (soldiers and non-combatants) perished during and after the battle.

The result of the battle was the halting of further Maratha advances in the north, and a destabilization of their territories, for roughly 10 years. This period of 10 years is marked by the rule of Peshwa Madhavrao, who is credited with the revival of Maratha domination following the defeat at Panipat. In 1771, 10 years after Panipat, he sent a large Maratha army into North India in an expedition that was meant to (a) re-establish Maratha domination in North India, and (b) Punish refractory powers that had either sided with the Afghans, such as the Rohillas, or had shaken off Maratha domination after Panipat. The success of this campaign can be seen as the last saga of the long story of Panipat.

Devoid of any major challenger, the British consolidated their position and established British rule in India that would last 200 years. That perhaps was the greatest tragedy of the battle. 

If Shuja-Ud-Daula had struck to his promise and supported Bhau Abdali had no chance in the war since the entire funding to Abdali was by Shuja. Had Marathas won this war the course of Indian History would have been different since Marathas were the only ones that had repeatedly defetated English Forces.

Additional information: Since I belong to Satara i would like to also mention that large number if warriors in the war were from Satara and there was almost no house left that did not loose someone.

If anyone is interested in knowing in a lot more details please see this YouTube video (in Marathi by Ninad Bedekar who is a great author on this subject)

Some of the WhatsApp status message of my friend from Satara Pravin Pawar

Source

Wikipedia.com

panipat.gov.in

drishtiias.com

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[tuttadil]

Sharad ponkshe pointed the topic of war wining, war ethics at that time so well that hit me so hard.

Rules:

1. War starts at sunrise and ends at sunset

2. Never try to kill your enemy behind his back.

3. Never fight a enemy who is weaponless.

But then he said karn was Surya putra he was so powerful, he had many powers like noone could kill him on air on ground and obviously when there was sun. At one point in Mahabharata Karn's chariot wheel gets stuck now at this point Arjuna says to Krishna that if i kill him now then it would be me who would be breaking laws as karna was weaponless. Then Krishna says karna chose his own fait when he chose to be on the other side of Dharma other side in the sense when he chose to support adharma. And karna had many more flaws Earth Goddess cursed Karna that his chariot wheel gets struck in land which will lead to his death and a brahmin cursed Karna that Karna would die when he is weaponless as Karna killed his cow when it was helpless. Now his only point in telling these stories was if you notice from the past wars be it ramayana or Mahabharata in every war the good side or righteous side of the war had to take charge as in behave violently to get justice out of it.

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[suvarnarekha]

छत्रपती संभाजी महाराज जयंतीच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा!

(trans. happy chatrapati sambhaji maharaj jayanti)

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