#marathas

Firstly, I don't understand how, invading a region and plundering, massacring and raping it's people so much so that the entire economy and population of that place is forever effected can be considered something to be “glorified”

I felt sad seeing this, that such an devastating and horrible event in history was just reduced to such a dumb reel.

I felt sad because many people don't even know what Bengal-Bihar-Odisha had suffered once on the name of tax collection.

Marathas were great yes I agree, but I think it's about time we acknowledge the wrongs they have done as well. Because bengal Invasion isn't the only thing that's on that list.

Ahilya bai Holkar was the noble queen of Holkar family of Maratha Empire in Central India. She took over the reigns of the kingdom after the death of her husband Khande Rao Holkar and her father in law Malhar Rao Holkar.

Mughals, Marathas and Mayhem I have seen it all. From the time Malik Ambar first laid my foundations as Khadki to when the great Aurangzeb made me Aurangabad, and now—oh, the irony—I sit in Maharashtra, where his tomb has become a site of modern outrage. Nagpur burns, debates rage, and I, the city, chuckle at the predictability of human nature. We have a knack for picking at old wounds, don’t…

While this would tempt many to suggest Mahars/Dalits always sided with British - absolutely nothing wrong if they did given the conditions they were forced to live in - but in truth, they were in fact prior to this battle part of Maratha army. During Shivaji's reign and especially prior to Peshwas. Many don't realise how Peshwas were not continuation of Marathas under Shivaji but deviation from it.

Relations between the Mahars and the Peshwas, who were Brahmins, grew strained after the death of Baji Rao I in 1740, and reached their nadir during the reign of Bajirao Rao II, who insulted the Mahar community and spurned their offer of service with his army. This caused them to side with the English against the Peshwa’s numerically superior army.

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