Shivaji Series by Gautam Pradhan (# 1-2)
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Overview:Gautam Pradhan is a doctor by profession, specialized in the field of Radiology. He lives in Thane, a rapidly growing metropolis near India’s financial capital Mumbai.
Gautam was educated in Thane and Mumbai. He completed his post-graduate degree in Radiology in 1996 and has been in private medical practice, in Thane, since the last 17 years. Reading history and visiting historical places and monuments is one amongst his many passions; the others being wildlife photography, music and movies.
Gautam always believed he had a very imaginative mind, which for long had been caged in the restrictive confines of the medical profession. He aspired to be an author, and, in keeping with his interests, historical fiction is the genre that he has attempted to explore.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics

300 Brave Men
The Indian sub – continent is ruled by three tyrannical Sultanates… the powerful Mughals in the North, and the Shia rulers – Adilshah and Qutubshah in the South. The native population, suppressed for centuries, is subjected to slavery, bigotry, injustice and even torture. Through generations of subservience, the very idea of freedom has been wiped from their minds.
As incessant battles rage between the Sultanates, the soldiers who fight and die on the battlefields are mostly Marathas, sons of the soil. Villages and crops are repeatedly razed by the invading armies, men killed in both peacetime and war, their women abducted.
Maharashtra, once a prosperous land ruled by competent native rulers and inhabited by peaceful people, has been reduced almost to a wasteland.
In this dark era, the sixteen-year-old son of an Adilshahi jagirdar stands up to declare: “I shall not serve, and neither shall my people!” The dream of a free State and an identity for his people smouldering in his heart, he dares to rebel against the powerful Sultan, Adilshah. He begins with nothing… no army, no weapons and an empty treasury. Yet he achieves what no soldier, chieftain or king has ever achieved in defiance of the imperialists who rule.
300 Brave Men is the incredible story of Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosale, a legendary warrior king, guerrilla fighter, brilliant tactician and clever diplomat. But above all, a remarkable human being. You have read history… now read his story…

Lord of the Royal Umbrella
Shivaji Bhosale’s struggle against imperial powers continues as massive Mughal armies repeatedly descend upon his tiny fiefdom. Emperor Aurangzeb recognizes the dangerous threat of the Mountain Rat and resolves to finish him off, once and for all. He sends Shaista Khan, his maternal uncle, with a large army, but Shivaji, in a daring night raid, attacks the much decorated Mughal General, cutting off his fingers. Turning his attention once again to Sultan Adilshah, Shivji systematically expands his holdings in the Konkan. Along the coast, the British, Portuguese and Abyssinian also find him a serious obstacle to their coastal interests.
Infuriated, the Mughal Emperor sends Jai Singh and Diler Khan to the Deccan with another large army. Jai Singh proves to be the toughest challenge Shivaji has faced. After winning almost every battle for two decades, Shivaji is finally subdued by Jai Singh and faces the humiliation of receiving Aurangzeb’s firmaan to surrender a large part of his fiefdom and serve in the Mughal army. In a final insult, Shivaji is compelled to visit Agra and bow before Aurangzeb at court. By royal order, he and his son are detained in Agra, under heavy guard. The ingenious Maratha, however, foiling all attempts to assassinate them, escapes, leaving the Emperor seething in impotent fury.

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