Baji Rao also played on Shahu's religious fervour, 'It is time to drive from the holy land of Bharatvarsha the outcaste and the barbarian. It is the time to throw them back over the Himalayas, back to where they came from. The Maratha flag in your reign must fly from the Krishna to the Indus. I jest not, Hindustan lies in fragments, the Emperor cannot think beyond the skirts of his concubines and his blood is sluggish with opium.
The Mughal nobles and generals are men of straw and the army is defeatist. The Rajputs, the sword arm of the Mughals, are disaffected and can be won over. This is the opportunity of the century, of two centuries. Let us not miss it. Hindustan is ours.
Author: E Jaiwant Paul
ISBN: 978-81-74361-295
Pages: 184
Features: HB |