You've seen the Avatars of Lord Vishnu, Heard stories about them.
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Here's the living avatar of Lord Mahadev, Narvir BajiPrabhu Deshpande, each drop of blood of whose fought against the evil forces of Mughals, giving away his life he became eternal.
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The battle of Pavankhind took place on july 13, 1660 at a mountain pass in the vicinity of fort Vishalgad, near the city of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India between the Maratha Warrior Baji Prabhu Deshpande and Siddi Masud of Adilshah Sultanate.
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Life was at risk, fate was known.
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Mughals had victory at feet, they thought Swarajya is now crushed, little did they knew that an Earthquake was awaiting them.
Fire raging through eyes, Courage flowing through body, Chhatrapati Shivaji flowing through blood..
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In front of 5000 Mughals stood a mountain named BajiPrabhu Deshpande, 20 kilos of dandpatta (sword) in each hand, with handful of 300 maavlas ready to throw their lives for their king. Their Yuddhniti was to stop the army of mughals till their king reaches vishalgadh.
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The War broke out between the Mughals and BajiPrabhu. The Maavlas standing on top of rift were constantly pushing the Mughal soliders backward. Each one trying to push away the mughals and stopping them form crossing the khind (Mountain Pass).
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The Adilshahi army repeatedly tried to break through the defenses of the pass, but were repeatedly repulsed. Each maavla stood firm like a mountain that even the 5000 of mughals felt like small blow of wind.
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The unequal battle raged for hours..
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..With the adilshahi army atacking furiously. The Marathas were fighting thinking that each one of them would fight against at least 10 mughals, the only fear they had was if one soldier dies then other one would have to fight double of his count.
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..around over a thousand soldiers of the Adilshahi army became casualties in attempting to take the pass. Vishalgad was already captured, so Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj had to take it back which was going to take more time.
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The Bijapuris delivered three bloody assaults on
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..the heroic rear-guard, all of which were beaten off. Siddhi Johar desperately angry and anxious of his losing grip called an Sharp-Shooter(Yes Guns existed at that time) to kill BajiPrabhu. He asked the shooter to kill him so that the defense of marathas get weaken.
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The shooter went on top of a rift to get a clear sight of BajiPrabhu. He aimed his gun, he was confused and amused at the same time, he kept searching for BajiPrabhu, later went back to Siddi Masud. Siddi Masud angrily asked him why he didn't kill Bajiprabhu..
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..he said "I would happily kill him, but who should I kill?, Every single one of them is fighlting like a warrior, each one of them is bajiprabhu, who should I kill?",To which siddi masud replied "Kill the one whose body is filled with the stains of blood, who is heavily damaged"
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.."Kill the one whose body is in the worst condition to fight", hearing that he went back to the rift, saw bajiprabhu fighting like a god, his eyes raging with fire, like mahadev himself had opened his third eye. He took a shot at Bajiprabhu, the bullet pierced through him
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Blood flowing out of his body, heavily damaged, BajiPrabhu knew that death was calling upon him, but his king still hasn't reached the fort of Vishalgadh, he gained consciousness, stood firm and fire raged through his voice
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.."जोपर्यंत तोफेचा आवाज येत नाही तोपर्यंत यमाला ही मला नेण्याची परवानगी नाही"
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Translation : Till my king reaches to safety, Even Yamraj doesn't have the permission to take me.
One hand piercing through the armor of Mughals other chopping off the their heads..
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.. BajiPrabhu didn't stop. But when at last the gun-fire from Vishalgarh gave the anxiously expected signal that King had reached safety within its walls, the gallant Baji Prabhu was lying mortally wounded with 200 of his followers. Baji Prabhu had done his appointed duty
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..He knew his king has reached Vishalgad, his soul ready to deport his mortal body, he finally gave up. It was a victory for Adilshahi Sultanate, but they lost Chhatrapati Shivaji. The flag of Marathas flew high. Pawankhind is still present today near vishalgadh.
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