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Shivgad Fort ( mr, शिवगड किल्ला ) is a fort located 89km from Kolhapur, in Kolhapur district, of Maharashtra. This fort was an important fort in Kolhapur district as a watch over for the Phonda ghat trade route from Kolhapur to coastal ports. The fort is surrounded by thick forest and hill slopes. History Ramchandra Pant Amatya was one of the eleven feudatories (Jehagirs) who controlled shivgad along with Gagangad fort. This fort was under the control of Pant Amatya of Gaganbawda, till the Indian independence. How to reach from mumbai The nearest town is Radhanagari which is 61km from Kolhapur. The base village of the fort is Dajipur which is 32km from Radhanagari. The fort can also be trekked from base village Gadgesakhal which is below Phondaghat. It takes about 2 hours to reach from this village. There are good hotels at Radhanagari, now tea and snacks are also available in small hotels at Dajipur and forest check post at Thakyachapada. The trekking ...
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Shivgad
Shivgad Fort ( mr, शिवगड किल्ला ) is a fort located 89km from Kolhapur, in Kolhapur district, of Maharashtra. This fort was an important fort in Kolhapur district as a watch over for the Phonda ghat trade route from Kolhapur to coastal ports. The fort is surrounded by thick forest and hill slopes. History Ramchandra Pant Amatya was one of the eleven feudatories (Jehagirs) who controlled shivgad along with Gagangad fort. This fort was under the control of Pant Amatya of Gaganbawda, till the Indian independence. How to reach from mumbai The nearest town is Radhanagari which is 61km from Kolhapur. The base village of the fort is Dajipur which is 32km from Radhanagari. The fort can also be trekked from base village Gadgesakhal which is below Phondaghat. It takes about 2 hours to reach from this village. There are good hotels at Radhanagari, now tea and snacks are also available in small hotels at Dajipur and forest check post at Thakyachapada. The trekking ...
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List Of Forts In India
This is a partial list of forts in India. Andhra Pradesh Coastal Region # Anvika Fort # Addanki Fort - Prakasam district # Bellamkonda Fort - Guntur district # Bobbili Fort – Vizianagaram district # Dharanikota Fort – Guntur district # Durgam Fort – Prakasam district (Kanigiri) # Gajanan Fort – Visakhapatnam district # Gonthina Fort – Visakhapatnam district # Kondapalli Fort – Krishna district # Kondaveedu Fort – Guntur district # Machilipatnam Fort (16th century Dutch Fort) – Krishna district # Mogalturu Fort - West Godavari district # Nagarjunakonda Fort - Guntur district # Parth Fort # Udayagiri Fort - Nellore district # Venkatigiri Fort - Nellore district # Vinukonda Fort - Guntur district # Vizianagaram Fort – Vizianagaram district # Yanamandala Fort – Guntur district Rayalseema Region # Adoni Fort – Kurnool district # Chandragiri Fort, Andhra Pradesh, Chandragiri Fort – Tirupati # Chennampalli Fort – Kurnool district # Devaraya Fort – Vi ...
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Ramchandra Pant Amatya
Ramchandra Neelkanth Bawadekar (1650–1716), also known as Ramchandra Pant Amatya, served on the Council of 8 (''Ashta Pradhan'') as the Finance Minister (''Amatya'') to Emperor (''Chhatrapati'') Shivaji, dating from 1674 to 1680.Shivaji, the great Maratha, Volume 2
H. S. Sardesai, Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd, 2002, , He then served as the Imperial Regent to four later emperors, namely Sambhaji, Rajaram Chhatrapati, Rajaram, Shivaji II and Sambhaji II. He authored the ''Adnyapatra'', a famous code of civil and military administration, and is renowned as one of the greatest civil administrators, diplomats and military strategists of the Maratha Empire.


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Ramchandra Pant was born in a Deshastha Brahmin family in a ...
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List Of Forts In Maharashtra
This is list of forts in Maharashtra a state of India # Achala Fort (Nashik) # Agashi Fort # Ahmednagar Fort # Ahivant Fort # Ajinkyatara # Akola Fort # Akluj Fort # Alang Fort # Ambolgad # Anjaneri # Anjanvel Fort # Ankai Fort # Antur Fort # Arnala fort # Asheri fort # Asava fort # Avchitgad # Aurangabad Fort # Avandha Fort # Balapur Fort # Ballarpur Fort # Bankot fort # Bahadur Fort # Belapur Fort # Birwadi fort # Bitangad # Bhagwantgad # Bhairavgad # Bhamer Dhule # Bharatgad # Bhaskargad/Basgad # Bhavangad Fort/Bhondgad # Bhorgiri fort # Bhudargad Fort # Bhupatgad Fort # Bhushangad # Bombay Castle # Castella de Aguada/Bandra Fort # Chanda Fort # Chandan Fort # Chandragad/Dhavalgad # Chandwad fort # Chauler Fort/Chaurgad # Chavand fort # Dategad # Dativare fort # Daulatabad Fort # Dermal Fort # Devgad fort # DharmveerGad / Bahadurgad # Dhodap # Dhunda fort Nashik District # Dongri Fort # Dronagiri Fort # Durgabhandar # Durgadi Fort # Dubergad Fort # Fatte ga ...
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Maratha War Of Independence
The Marathi people (Marathi language, Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi language, Marathi, an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a Marathi-speaking state of India in 1960, as part of a nationwide linguistic reorganization of the States and union territories of India, Indian states. The term "Maratha" is generally used by historians to refer to all Marathi-speaking peoples, irrespective of their Caste system in India, caste; however, now it may refer to a Maharashtrian caste known as the Maratha (caste), Maratha. The Marathi community came into political prominence in the 17th century, when the Maratha Empire was established under Chhatrapati Shivaji; the Marathas are credited to a large extent for ending Mughal Empire, Mughal rule over India. History Ancient to medieval period During the an ...
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Buildings And Structures Of The Maratha Empire
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic ...
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List Of People Involved In The Maratha Empire
This is a listing of people who were involved in the formation and growth of Maratha Empire. The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy was an Indian power that existed from 1647 to 1818. At its peak, the empire covered a territory of over 2.8 million km². The Marathas are credited to a large extent for ending the Mughal rule in India. People References See also * Javji Bamble * Govind Rao Khare * Chatrapati Shivaji * Maratha Empire * Bhat family {{DEFAULTSORT:People involved in the Maratha Empire India history-related lists Maratha Empire The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern Indian confederation that came to dominate much of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century. Maratha rule formally began in 1674 with the coronation of Shi ... ...
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Military History Of India
The predecessors to the contemporary Army of India were many: the sepoy regiments, native cavalry, irregular horse and Indian sapper and miner companies raised by the three British presidencies. The Army of India was raised under the British Raj in the 19th century by taking the erstwhile presidency armies, merging them, and bringing them under the Crown. The British Indian Army fought in both World Wars. The armed forces succeeded the military of British India following India's independence in 1947. After World War II, many of the wartime troops were discharged and units disbanded. The reduced armed forces were partitioned between India and Pakistan. The Indian armed forces fought in all fours wars against Pakistan and two wars against People's Republic of China in 1962 and 1967. India also fought in the Kargil War with Pakistan in 1999, the highest altitude mountain warfare in history. The Indian Armed Forces have participated in several United Nations peacekeeping operat ...
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Maratha Titles
The following list includes a brief about the titles of nobility or orders of chivalry used by the Marathas of India and by the Marathis/ Konkanis in general. Titles used by the Maratha Royals The titles used by royalty, aristocracy and nobility of the Maratha Empire *Chhatrapati: Chhatrapati is an Indian royal title most equivalent to a King or an Emperor. It means the 'Lord of the Parasol' and is a title conferred upon the founder of Maratha Empire, Chhatrapati Shivaji. The title is also used by Shivaji's descendants. *Maharaj: The English equivalent of Maharaj is great king. It is a title first conferred upon Chhatrapati Shivaji's father Shahaji Raje Bhosale. * Maharani: The English equivalent of Maharani is great queen. It is a title first used by Tarabai, as regent of marathas empire . *Raje: The English equivalent of Raje is Your Majesty. It is a title first conferred upon Chhatrapati Shivaji's grandfather Maloji Raje Bhosale *Kshatriya Kulavantas: It means 'The Head of t ...
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Maratha Army
The Maratha Army was the land-based armed forces of the Maratha Empire, which existed from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries in India. 17th century Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of Maratha Empire, raised a small yet effective land army. For better administration, Shivaji abolished the land-grants or ''jagir'' for military officers and instituted a system of salary or cash payment for their services. During the 17th century the Maratha Army was small in terms of numbers when compared to the Mughals, numbering some 100,000. Shivaji gave more emphasis to infantry as against cavalry, considering the rugged mountainous terrain he operated in. Further, Shivaji did not have access to the North Indian Mughal dominated horse markets. During this era, the armies of the Marathas were known for their agility due to the light equipment of both infantry and cavalry. Artillery was mostly confined to the Maratha fortresses, which were located on hilltops, since it gave a strateg ...
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Battles Involving The Maratha Empire
The Maratha Conquests were a series of conquests in the Indian subcontinent which led to the building of the Maratha Empire. These conquests were started by Shivaji in 1659, from the victory at the Battle of Pratapgad against Bijapur. The expansion of the empire was limited and interrupted by the Mughal conquests of south India by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Marathas were forced to defend their territories against the overwhelmingly strong Mughal army in the 27 years long Deccan wars. They were able to defend their territories and gain an upper hand over Mughals in the sustained conflict. Afterwards, the Marathas conclusively defeated and overtook major territories of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent and its vassals. It ended with the eventual fall of the Maratha Empire after the Anglo-Maratha Wars. Background Shivaji's father Shahji had earlier served as a Jagirdar under Adil Shah. Shivaji inherited this land and later revolted against the Adil Shahi dynasty, c ...
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