There has been no other character in Maratha history that has been so enigmatic and controversial as Ch.Sambhajiraje.
What makes Sambhaji so very controversial is the fact that Sambhaji has as many loyalists as he has his share of critics. There have been historians dismissing him as hedonistic, reckless and cruel , whereas some revere him as the bravest Maratha king that ever lived. Perhaps the truth lies somewhere in between these two distinctly conflicting versions.
Sambhajis reign was short and very tumultous to say the least. His life was abrupt and death so very tragic. But despite all his accomplishments, Sambhaji in his death achieved much more than what he did during his lifetime. In his death he came to be eulogised as the true hindu martyr, that preferred death, to the ignoble life of subservience.
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