Chitra Katha

Baji Prabhu DeshpandeWho Held Ghodkhind

On 13 July 1660 he held the pass at Ghodkhind with a few hundred Bandal Mavlas against Siddi Masud’s army until the guns of Vishalgad told him Shivaji Maharaj was safe, and then he fell.

d. 13 July 1660

The full life

1Siddi Jauhar besieged Panhala from March 1660.Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj · The Sultanate

2Shivaji left Panhala on the night of 12 July 1660.Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj · Baji Prabhu Deshpande

3Baji Prabhu held Ghod Khind on 13 July 1660 and fell there.Baji Prabhu Deshpande · The Sultanate

4His brother Phulaji Prabhu died in the same fight.Phulaji Prabhu · Baji Prabhu Deshpande

5A statue of Baji Prabhu stands inside Panhala fort.Baji Prabhu Deshpande

Sources for these facts

Sabhasad Bakhar (Krishnaji Anant Sabhasad, 1697)
Shivabharata of Kavindra Paramananda
Jedhe Shakavali

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