August 2022

Shivaji’s mother Jeejabai was a farsighted and religious minded woman. Infact, she was the original guru of young Shiva who shaped his mind. Without her the brave Shivaji could not have evolved.It was a dark age for India and Moghul rule with a fanatical emperor Aurangzeb was in power in Delhi. He was using religion […]

One’s life is dear to everyone. But for a parent and especially a mother her child is dearer than her own life. Every mother does everything for her child. For the children and to protect them parents have sacrificed their own lives, there are numerous such examples. When the children grow up they often go

Sacrificing one’s life in battling is bravery. There is an element of valour and sacrifice. But still greater will power and spirit of sacrifice is needed when the sacrifice is made to inspire others.India has an unmatched example of this.Mewar has always been the abode of Sisodiya Rajputs who had been ruling it since the

Mewar of Rajasthan has always been the abode of brave ones, warriors, pride, self-respect and sacrifices. Rana Sanga and Maharana Pratap were its stellar products. There always are exceptions. In 1533 Mewar was ruled by a cowardly character like Vikramaditya who was a debauchee. Then Sultan Bahadurshah was the ruler of Gujarat. With a large

It is a true story but sounds like a fiction. This truth is stranger than fiction. This true incident took place in Udaipur about 200 years ago. It reveals the social conditions at that time, ideals and Rajput brand of bravery.Omarkot was a small state in Rajasthan. There was an estate in it called Soda.

What a 12 year old Bheel tribal girl called Kalibai of a small village did was unprecedented in the history. Dungarpur was a small state in Rajasthan. Very poor and backward it was. Its ruler Maharawal Laxman Singh was a very orthodox and narrow-minded person. He was dead set against education for commoners. In 1930s

In defence of husbands and sons several women of our land have fought battles. But princess Sahib Kunwari of Patiala state devoted her entire life in protecting her incompetent brother. Patiala was a major state of Punjab till the end of the 18th century.Sahib Singh was the Raja of Patiala but he was meritless person.

After the death of husband several woman have gone to the battle to fight off the enemy but Begam is the rarest example who battled against British because her husband was a coward, idler, drunkard and womaniser. She administered the state, managed it and to keep the enemy away generalled her forces against a mighty

Today USA is the world’s richest and the sole super power. Europeans pride over their material progress. Arabs dictate the world through their oil power and the astronomical amounts of money it earns them. India and china are leading developing nations. But only five hundred years ago the situation was just the opposite. No one

Durga Wati came out to battle, in hands swords two,Fury made her face copper brown,ambers were eyes two,Reins she held between teeth, in hands swords two.The area around Jhansi is known as Bundelkhand and the area around Jabalpur, the capital of Bidis (small cheap cigars) is called Gondwana. Durga Wati was the queen of Raja

The place of honour that Rani of Jhansi and Ahilyabai of Indore command in North India the same does Rani Chennama of Kittoor, Karnataka in South India. As a 16 year old girl she had hunted down a man eater lion with only a bow and arrows. Raja Mallasarja of Kittoor had also come to

It is the story of early Holkars. The later day Bheemabai, was a born Holkar princess. Ahilyabai was a girl from the ordinary family married to Holkar family royalty. She was not only married in Holkar family but one of the founding members of the Holkar ruling dynasty. Upto the period of Aurangzeb, Malva was

In the Uprising of 1857 First Independence Struggle of India, this princess of Holkar dynasty played as brave role as Rani of Jhansi had done. There were remarkable similarities between the two. In 1857 both of them were 22 years old and both had become widows. Both were Marathas and born battlers. Rani Laxmibai had

Rani arrived Kalpi, racing her horse miles hundred,too tired was the horse to stay up, it collapsed dead.Rani alone, enemies galore, the swords flashed,Walker fled with wounds, alas.! Rani was surrounded.To us Bundel story tellers revealed the story,fought like man, but it was Rani of Jhansi. The above lines are from a popular poem written