[1/8] 🪡🧵 Official records, court chronicles and contemporary letters — 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 — attesting their Sisodiya Rajput ancestry. Open challenge to my son @MamalkatMadar to refute even a single one of these.

When the Kshatriya status of Pratap Singh Bhonsle (1793 – 1847) — Shivaji’s descendant and the last reigning Chhatrapati of Satara — was challenged by Brahmins, he sent emissaries to the Maharana of Udaipur for obtaining more evidences regarding the Sisodiya Rajput ancestry of Bhonsles.

Ngl, Ghorpade Marathas were the worst bastards of Sisodiya Rajputs. Unlike Sisodiyas (who measured swords with every Sultanate), Ghorpades obediently served Deccani Sultans for generations, even fighting against Vijayanagara Empire many times for their Muslim overlords. Even after the fall of Bahmanis, they simply switched masters to Adilshahis of Bijapur. Their loyalty towards the Adilshahis was such that they not only died fighting against Hindu Nayakas far away in Kannada lands, but even wholeheartedly opposed Bhonsles — their own blood-brothers! After the conquest of Bijapur by Aurangzeb, Ghorpades transferred their allegiance to the Mughals. The only historically-relevant chief this clan ever produced was Senapati Santaji Ghorpade — who belonged to the Bhalavani branch of Ghorpades, not the main royal family of Mudhol. Santaji was able to achieve considerable success against the Mughals but, contrary to his portrayal as an undefeated warrior by Maratha panegyrists, he was actually defeated several times, and was ultimately killed by the Mughals. His head was paraded through the Mughal territory, while his son & brother begged Mughaliya mansab for themselves by sending petitions to Aurangzeb.

Yeah, he’s a Rajput. That’s why he has enough shame to realise his mistake and publicly apologise for it. Meanwhile, let me show everyone how much respect filthy animals like you have for women. Thread on Marathas & their respect for women. I’ll keep adding to it : [ 1/n 🪡🧵 ]