went to simha gadh (near pune) over the week end. what an awesome place. my 2 nephews made it even more special. they know more history than i do. surprisingly i feel good about it. it never felt so good to not know something. in any other situation i would be rippin my hair off..

i sat on a camel with pranav.. awesome fun. these guys are so soo happy about such small things. i mean they go apeshit over BUBBLES!! i know its fun.. they fly n u can pop them.. i wish i could be as happy as these guys about anything.. i just wish i was their age again..

a little bit of history that i learnt:
this fort was conquered by shivaji's legendary army chief Tanaji Malusare
this fellow weighed 175 kilos, was 6' 4" in height, had a chest 58 inches wide and a heart of a lion!! thats why the name simha gadh.. (lion's fort)
his sword alone weighed a whooping 35 kgs. imagine the strength n honour in the grip holdin that sword!!
these 600 maratha warriors scaled 1200 feet of almost vertical sayhadri mountains just to get to their battle field!!
Tanaji single handedly killed an amazing 350 rajput fighters before his arm was chopped off. then he went on to kill another 50 of those suckers before he finally laid down to rest in peace... the rajputs r not that easy to get by!!
the keeper of this perticular fort was uday bhan singh. he was so huge in size they say, he could eat 20 kilos of mutton for one single meal. this is just 350 yrs ago!!
when tanaji was layin there, in his own. as well as his enemie's blood.. uday bhan singh came n kicked his body.. at this point tanaji"s 80 year old uncle (also a maratha warrior)... challenged uday bhan singh and finally slashed him to pieces and put him in the dust!! an 80 yr old could do that!!

it is because of this historic victory that those fucking moghul bastards could not get past maharashtra and in to the south of india.. this is the foundation laid by shivaji for HIND SWARAJ!! really feel proud to be born in this land!!

if you had this story narrated to you, on location, by one of these maratha descendents.. it would make the hair on the back of your neck stand up!!
much before the british came to india, shivaji had a very well organised and very advanced naval force.

very few people know this, the worst thing is that people who dont know this, still dont care about it..