Post by Ramesh on Nov 30, 2008 18:48:33 GMT 5.5
Nov 25, 2008 11:56:00 GMT 5.5 @AP Singh said:
Nov 24, 2008 19:46:21 GMT 5.5 @Ramesh said:
Vasundhra raje is from royal family of Gwalior whose encesters fought bravely against rani laxmi baiRani (Queen) of Jhansi, Laxmibai came to Gwalior when general Huroz of British army defeated Laxmibai in Kalpi. Maharaja Scindhia of Gwalior betrayed Laxmibai. He gave her a weak horse. Sensing something fishy Laxmibai decided to leave Gwalior. She laid down her life, while fighting British, on 18th June 1858.
www.gwaliormunicipalcorporation.com/gwaliorhistory.htm
The Maratha Power started from Gujjar dominated district of Satara by Gujjar Baisle ( called Bhonsle in Marathi and Gujjar Malwais).
The ancestors of this so called maharani were no where visible during this struggle of Gujjar Marathas against the Mughals.
The first of her ancestor was noticed while he was protecting the shoes of the Baji Rao Peshwa ( Minister) while the later was on a pleasure trips to a prostitute. ( Ref: Aag or Paani by Acharya Cahtursen Shastri). The first Sindia was hired by Baji rao Peshwa ( Minister) to take care of his shoes.
Also it is believed that Mahadji Sindia escaped from the battle of Panipat with Abdali. It is also believed that Sindias gave the first information to brotishers about the Rani Laxmi Bai and that was reason she was cornered and killed.
Now to the ignorant people of Rajasthan this lady address herself as Maharani, what a distortion of history. This advantage is also taken by other erastwhile servants of Mughals and Britisers only in Rajasthan.
Now Niharika is also seen addressing her as maharani for all her personal gains. This kind of tricks can adopted only in Rajasthan where people are simple. Niharika should be given the Historical lessons to stop her to propagate the false history.
Mr A.P.Singh i have some information to share with you , in earlier days there were no scindia the people who call themselves scindia were originaly shinde,they just started writing scindia when they were granted land by The Peshwa Bramhins the changed their name just to hide their past status.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scindia
Scindia, anglicized from Shinde, and also spelled as Sindhia, Sindia, is a Maratha family in India which included rulers of the Gwalior State in the 18th and 19th century and politicians in independent India.
The Shinde dynasty was founded by Ranoji Shinde, who was the son of Jankojirao Shinde, the Patil of Kanherkhed, a village in Satara District, Maharashtra. The closing years of Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath's career saw the strengthening of the Maratha confederacy. Ranoji was in charge of the Maratha conquests in Malwa in 1726.
