Who was Tanhaji and How was Kondhana Conquered

The Battle of Sinhagad executed on 4th February 1670, which happened during the night. The conflict occurred somewhere near the forts of Sinhagad, which was called Kondhana at that period, which is located close to the city of Pune, Maharashtra, India.
The Battle took place between Tanaji Malusare and Udaybhan Singh Rathore, a Rajput custodian under Jai Singh.

Tanhaji, an unfamiliar Hero who went missing and many was unaware of this courageous warrior until the movie Tanhaji-the Unsung Warrior arrived in theatres, which became the first mammoth hit of the year 2020.

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Tanaji Malusree, who is said to be a hero in Maharashtra, is mainly unknown in other parts of India. Tanaji was a Sardar (military commander) in Shivaji’s Military and Has Been the architect of Maratha victory in the Battle of Sinhagad in 1670.
This Success is Important in Indian history as it Had Been instrumental in the resurgence of Shivaji’s efforts after the ruler Dropped 23 forts in the 1660s to the Mughals and had suffered a few setbacks.
The victory was one of the earliest of Shivaji’s offensives to reconquer his land, which caused the Maratha Empire’s institution in 1674.

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Throughout the siege, Tanaji Malusare scaled a cliff that led through the assistance of a monitor lizard to the fort called Yashwanti (who was referred to as ghorpad in Marathi).

This sort of lizard was domesticated during the 15th century, and Yashwanti was trained to pull on Malusare up the wall of the fort.

Tanaji Malusare lost his life in the Battle, giving a brave fight to Udaybhan Singh Rathore. The fort was renamed as Sinhagad in the memory of Tanaji Malusare.

When the movie was announced, an objection came in the way of the makers claiming why the movie is named Tanhaji-The Unsung Warrior by the relatives of Tanhaji Malusare. Most of the schools in Maharashtra and Mumbai cover the topic of Tanhaji and are familiar with the iconic figure, then why name it as Tanhaji-The Unsung Warrior.

The makers stated that Tanhaji is a known figure in Maharashtra; however, it is unknown by many in the world and the country. So the audiences should know who Tanhaji was and what his role was as a military assistant of Maratha King Chhatrapati Shivaji.

Tanhaji- The Unsung Warrior Review and Public Response

Tanhaji- The Unsung Warrior, is a biographical based drama movie on the life of Tanhaji Malusare. Ajay Devgan is portraying the lead as Tanhaji is at the peak with some hard-hitting punches and great action scenes. Saif Ali Khan, on the other hand, as Udaybhan Singh Rathore has left no stone unturned to keep his spot justified with the negative role.

The Way the Battle of Kondhana Has Been Obtained by Tanhaji

Shivaji’s mavlas (the soldiers at Shivaji’s army were known as mavlas) were specialist mountain climbers. It was a tradition that was designed specially to assist the enemy is caught by Shivaji’s troops unawares during guerrilla struggles.

Tanhaji Malusare and Shelar mama (another trusted Shivaji aide and a professional climber), together with a group of 150-odd mavlas rose beneath the Kondhana fort out of the steepest side (since termed in Tanhaji’s memory as Tanhaji Kada or cliff).

Tanhaji’s younger brother Suryaji climbed the fort out of Kalyan Darwaza, another entry to the fort, and 200-odd soldiers.
As soon as they attained atop the fort, they increased the Maratha war cry of’Har Har Mahadev’, and the fight against the Mughals, led by Uday Bhan, began on February 4, 1670.

Among the blows from Uday Bhan’s sword struck Tanhaji’s shield (a protective shield that is utilized during sword fights) so hard it broke. Still, the resourceful Tanhaji wrapped the fabric tied around his waist round among his hands and used it as a weapon.

He kept fighting bravely against such chances and finally laid down his life for the origin of Shivaji’s swaraj (self-rule). One of the blows from the sword of Uday Bhan took his breath away.

When Shelar mama saw that, he came upon the heavy Uday Bhan and killed him.

After the remainder saw their leader of the Maratha soldiers on the floor, they were shocked they began retreating from the fort. They had plans to scale down the fort using the ropes that they had used to scale up.
At this moment, the younger brother of Tanhaji Suryaji sprang up to boost the Maratha troops’ morale. He told his soldiers that they become immortal in the background and lay their lives down around the fort-like Tanhaji or die fighting for swaraj.
Suryaji gave two options to the troop either we jump from the cliffs and die, or we fight till our last breath against the Mughal army.
Suryaji told them that he had cut on the ropes that they had used to climb up the fort leaving no other option before the Marathas but to fight to win or perish.

The Way Shivaji found out about the victory in Kondhana

Shivaji waited for a signal at Rajgadh — perhaps not much from Kondhana a distance of 16 kilometers — from the Kondhana fort, which could communicate about the victory of the Marathas.

When the Battle had been won, it had been a tradition to burn off enormous piles of sterile grass (readily available atop forts to be applied as fodder for horses and other milch cows ) atop forts at night so the smoke from this fire could eventually become visible far away during daylight time.

When Shivaji saw the smoke atop Kondhana in daylight, he understood that Tanhaji Malusare along with his group of brave fighters had won the fort of Shivaji’s kingdom that was given to the Mughals as part of the agreement of Purandar signed with Mirza Raje Jaisingh, a Rajput general in the Mughal army.

After seeing the smoke from the fort, Shivaji started preparing to welcome the soldiers, without knowing the fact that Tanhaji is no more with the soldiers and has given his life for swaraj.

Shivaji’s brave mavlas unfold the Bhagwa(saffron) color flag of the Marathas and return to Rajgadh with the body of Tanhaji in a trunk.

Shivaji paid tribute to Tanhaji by placing his Raj Maal( the king’s necklace) on the immortal body.

Then uttered the famous words – The fort is captured, but our lion has fallen.

The fort was then renamed to Sinhgad in the memories of Tanhaji.

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2 thoughts on “#Tanhaji-The Unsung Warrior- real story”

Robin

October 19, 2020 at 5:41 pm

Ajay and Saif are awesome actors. Story was also nice. I love some scene of movie. Climax was brilliantly classified. Good Article.
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- Sumit Kesheri
  
  October 20, 2020 at 12:01 am
  
  Thank you for the feedback-Appreciated
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