Did you know that owing to an old custom among the Dhangars, Malhar Rao Holkar reserved a certain portion of his wealth as a private asset for the women of his house?
Today is the 361st punyathiti(death anniversary) of Maratha warrior Baji Prabhu Deshpande, who laid down his life in the famous rearguard battle of Pavankhind to save Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
By the 1750s, Marathas had grown strong so as to be able to annex Malwa, Gujarat, Odisha, Berar as also some parts of the Ganga Jamuna Doab and Bundelkhand.