How Shivaji Maharaj and the Marathas turned hills, seas, and stone into a defence system that is now a UNESCO World Heritage ...

Why Is Myanmar’s Military Bothering to Hold an Election? Two battles were fought at Bhima Koregaon, one 200 years after the other. The first took place in January 1818, when the forces of the Maratha ...

India's Maratha Military Landscapes, showcasing brilliant defensive architecture from the 17th to 19th centuries, has been inscribed as UNESCO's 44th World Heritage Site. This recognition, announced ...

Makar Sankranti: Makar Sankrant Day. January 14, 1761. An auspicious day for Hindus across India. But one of the blackest days in the subcontinent’s history. It was the day 50,000-60,000 Maratha ...

The Maratha military tradition of India is an interesting amalgamation of tactics, architecture, and heroism, which is apparent on forts, battlefields, and hilly slopes. These scenes tell the tale of ...

Murarirao Ghorpade, an 18th-century Maratha warrior who built his own militia to achieve Hindavi Swarajya (rule of the people of the land), and whose help was sought by the Peshwas, the French, and ...