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This
Fort
is
one
the
pride
that
our
King
Chatrapati
Shivaji
Maharaj
Built
to
fight
against
the
Mughals
and
the
way
its
Built
i
am
surprised
by
the
intelligence.
At
some
part
of
the
fort
there
is
a
height
so
high
that
they
used
to
throw
rocks
from
aboove
on
mughals
and
they
retreated.
Baji
Deshpande
Commander
of
Shivaji
fought
alongside
and
gave
his
life
for
the
country.
The
fort
from
inside
is
also
Good
though
old.
You
will
see
the
armory,food
storage
workshop
and
everything.
The
food
they
consumed
was
humongous
and
in
today's
world
i
dont
get
past
2
chapatis
and
half
rice,
well
at
that
time
they
consumed
18
minimum
and
rice
equivalent
for
6
people..
Can
u
imagine
😳
and
the
stairs
are
so
high
that
you
will
have
a
knee
pain
that's
for
sure
😆.
I
mean
in
todays
time
where
you
can
climb
one
step,
at
that
time
one
step
of
stair
was
equivalent
yo
height
of
2
to
3
stairs
and
the
with
such
stairs
they
carried
heavy
weapons
and
sheilds
weight
upto
80
kg
minimum
and
the
strength
they
got
was
from
the
food
they
consumed.
Its
a
surprising
fact
that
these
forts
once
held
great
legends
and
those
legends
held
elephants
capable
enough
to
destroy
anything.
They
were
so
fierce
that
Any
mughal
general
wont
get
past
without
army
but
still
those
mughals
failed
and
that
is
bcoz
of
Chatrapati
shivaji
maharaj
and
his
commander
baji
prabhu
deshpande.
The
same
commander
who
happily
gave
his
life
to
help
Chatrapati
Shivaji
Maharaj
escape.
Baji
Prabhu
Deshpande (c.
1615-1660)
was
a
commander
of
Maratha
king Shivaji,
the
founder
of
the Maratha
empire.
The
legend
of
Baji
Prabhu
is
linked
with
an
important
rear
guard
battle
enabling
Chatrapati
Shivaji's
escape
from Panhala
fort;
he
was
the
hero
who
sacrificed
his
life
for
his
king.
After
defeating Afzal
Khan and
the
rout
of
the Bijapuri army
at Pratapgad,
Shivaji
continued
to
push
deep
into
Bijapuri
territory.
Within
a
few
days,
the Marathas captured Panhala fort
(near
the
city
of Kolhapur).
Meanwhile,
another
Maratha
force,
led
by Netaji
Palkar,
pushed
straight
on
towards
Bijapur.
Bijapur
repulsed
this
attack,
forcing
Shivaji,
some
of
his
commanders
and
soldiers
to
retreat
to
Panhala
fort.
The
Bijapuri
force
was
led
by
Siddhi
Johar,
an Abyssinian general.
Discovering
Shivaji's
location,
Johar
laid
siege
to Panhala.
Netaji
Palkar
made
repeated
attempts
to
break
the
Bijapuri
siege
from
outside,
but
these
failed.