Chitra Katha

Tanaji MalusareLion of Sinhagad

On the night of 4 February 1670 he scaled the cliffs of Kondhana with his Mavlas, took the fort from Udaybhan Rathod and died in the fight; Shivaji Maharaj renamed it Sinhagad.

d. 4 February 1670

The full life

1Kondhana had gone to the Mughals under the Treaty of Purandar, 1665.Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj · The Mughal army

2The assault came on the night of 4 February 1670.Tanaji Malusare · Suryaji Malusare

3He and the Mughal qiladar Udaybhan Rathod killed each other.Tanaji Malusare · Udaybhan Rathod

4His brother Suryaji Malusare completed the capture.Suryaji Malusare

5His samadhi and bust stand on Sinhagad.Tanaji Malusare

Sources for these facts

Sabhasad Bakhar (Krishnaji Anant Sabhasad, 1697)
Jedhe Shakavali
Powada of Tanaji (Shahir Tulshidas)

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