5 April in Hindu history
5 April 16635 April 1663 (night)
Shivaji’s night raid on Shaista Khan
Shivaji slips into Lal Mahal in Pune, where the Mughal general Shaista Khan has camped for three years, and attacks him at night. Shaista Khan escapes with the loss of his fingers and is soon recalled.
Raid on Lal Mahal
Shivaji slipped into his own boyhood home in Pune, now the quarters of the Mughal viceroy, and attacked Shaista Khan in his bedchamber in the middle of a camp of thousands.