Mahaparva

THE GREAT ERA. A NOVEL WRITTEN BY S.S. DESAI, MAHAPARVA IS ONE OF ITS OWN KIND, PRESENTING THE PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATION OF THE FIGHT FOR CONTINUED INDEPENDENCE BY THE MARATHA FOR THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED BY THE GREAT CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ, THE HINDAVI SWARAJ. AFTER THE DEATH OF SHIVAJI MAHARAJ, HIS ELDER SON SAMBHAJI BECAME THE KING. A STRONG LEADER, SAMBHAJI WAS FEARLESS AND A TRUE LOVER OF HIS PEOPLE AND KINGDOM. AFTER THE TREACHEROUS DEATH OF SAMBHAJI, THE MUGHAL ARMY HAD STARTED CAPTIVATING EXTENSIVE STRETCHES OF THE ONCE HINDAVI SWARAJ LAND. EMPEROR AURANGAZEB HAD HIMSELF LEFT DELHI TO CRUSH THE MARATHA KINGDOM ONCE FOR ALL. WITH HIS HUGE ARMY OF 4-5 LACS OF SOLDIERS, HE HAD MADE THE DECCAN PLATEAU HIS HOME FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. APART FROM THE ARMY, THERE WAS AN EQUAL NUMBER OF NON-FIGHTING PEOPLE, REQUIRED TO LOOK AFTER THE DAILY NEEDS OF THE ARMY. THIS DID NOT DETER THE MARATHAS FROM PUTTING IN THEIR BEST FOOT WHILE DEFEATING THEIR OWN LAND. SHIVAJI MAHARAJS OTHER SON, RAJARAM, TOOK REIGN AFTER THE DEATH OF SAMBHAJI AND FOUGHT VALIANTLY WITH THE EMPEROR. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE MOST LOYAL SOLDIERS LIKE SANTAJI, DHANAJI AND MANY OTHERS. HIS WIFE TARABAI TOOK AHEAD THE FIGHT TO PROTECT THE MOTHERLAND. TO FIGHT THE MIGHTY ARMY OF THE EMPEROR, THE MARATHA WARRIORS MADE EXCELLENT USE OF GUERILLA WARFARE TECHNIQUES. THE PRESENT NOVEL PRESENTS THE ELABORATE PICTURE OF THIS FEARLESS FIGHT. मराठ्यांच्या स्वातंत्र्ययुद्धाचा सुसूत्र लेखाजोखा. शिवाजी महाराजांनी स्थापन केलेले हिंदवी स्वराज्य संभाजी महाराजांच्या वधानंतर मोगल आपल्या घोड्यांच्या टापांखाली तुडवत होते. औरंगजेब आणि त्याचे प्रचंड सैन्य मराठ्यांना चिरडू पाहत होते. सुमारे पंचवीस वर्षांहून अधिक काळ औरंगजेब आणि त्याच्या सैन्याला झुंजवणाNया राजाराम महाराज, संताजी-धनाजी, ताराबाई आणि अन्य अनुभवी मराठी सरदारांची शौर्यगाथा.