WE REQUIRE STRATEGIES OF CHATRAPTHI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ TODAY

WE REQUIRE STRATEGIES OF SHIVAJI MAHARAJ
TODAY

DR K Prabhakar Rao


Some guys blame Marathas for treachery in the slaying of Afzal Khan at Pratapgarh in Maharashtra in the past. Shivaji Maharaj was a great strategist and was very clear what he had to do. He had great forethought and vision unlike our present pseudo leaders and self styled statesmen. Who are leading the nation to inevitable disaster. Shivaji Maharaj Shivaji planned everything very meticulously with utmost precision for his actions against Afzal Khan. He did not fall into a trap laid by Afzal Khan who tried to escalate passions by committing arson and crime in Maharashtra in Shivaji maharajas domains. He even destroyed Tulzapur temple and the idol. Afzal Khan committed great crimes destroying temples, looting the habitations , abducting women and children that was a standard practice for invading Muslim armies in the past. Situations have not changed even today as events in Bangladesh prove. Shivaji knew the weakness and strengths of his enemy. He also knew his own weakness and strengths. He preferred conflict in mountainous area where his soldiers were experts in guerilla war fare .He avoided all type engagements in plains giving out wide front to the enemy. He lured Afzal Khan in to his chosen killing ground. This is the basic tactics in an army operation even today. Literally Afzal khan was lured in to an ambush but not with an intention to kill. But Maharaj made all precautions in case of emergency like any strategist will do.
Shivaji maharaj can not be blamed for the death of Khan. There was no treachery on his part. Maximum writings and narrations indicate that Shivaji was attacked first by the powerful khan who held Maharaj under his grip and stabbed him without success. Shivaji Maharj wore hidden armour under his garment and had steel cap under his turban as a precaution. He with his secret weapon bagh nakh ( Tiger steel claws) tore open the bowels of Khan and stabbed him with his Bichwa. Any guy would this. In war and love all is fair. If Shivaji did not kill Khan, he would have surely killed the maharaj. Afzal Khan deserved death at all costs because he was no divine man and deserved no mercy and had to be killed .In fcat Afzal Khan was responsible for the death of Shivajis elder brother Shambhooji.It is also said that he was also responsible for the death of Shahaji, father of Shivaji Maharaj in an accident. Shivaji Maharj also had divine blessings from Mata Bhavani.. Those were not the days for doing Gandhi Bhajan. Gandhi Bhajan did not work even at the time of partition when populations were exchanged. Ramdhun the popular Gandhi Bhajan would not have worked surely in Shivajis times. Shivaji lived by sword. Shivaji did the same and no tears are required to roll for the cruel and wicked Khan. The aspect of treachery has been negated by all. Afzal khan was very treacherous and cruel and he is credited to have killed his 22 wives (some could be concubines and mistresses) before he embarked on his campaign against Shivaji Maharaj. It is said that his sixth sense warned him of the disaster that was waiting for him. Can you call such a person a human being? He has to be devil and devils are to be destroyed at all costs. Even today, the graves of 22 women can be seen at Afzal pura ( If I am correct about the name of the place) near Bijapur. Many state that all these poor women were killed by strangulating while some state that they were thrown into a well. How could he do that to the women with whom he slept and enjoyed sex? How any sane person can accept him to be human? Afzal Khan needs all condemnation and degradation by all .Shivaji maharaj stands out rightly far above the wretched soul. Those were the days of valor and not todays of indecision and pseudo secularism where dangerous men like Afzal Guru and Kasab are kept in jail and fed and protected spending crores of Rupees that is the hard earned money of tax payers. Our pseudo statesmen are squandering away public money by various scams and ill governing by puppets and with the indecisive policies are leading the nation to ultimate chaos and destruction. What we need to day are the strategies of great Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj and not Gandhi Bhajans and boot licking. Long live Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj.