"HINDAVI SWARAJYA SUVARN SINHASAN PUNARSANSTHAPANA NYAS"
।। jayatu hindurashtram ।। Hindusthan was under Islamic rule for almost 350 years before the birth of chhatrapati shivaji maharaj. Thousands of Temples were destroyed, women were raped and lakhs of Hindus were converted to islam under the Islamic rule . Chhatrapati shivaji maharaj took the sword in his hand, gathered his countrymen, charged them with patriotism and dharm bhakti and changed the whole scenario hardly within 35 years. Great historian Sir Jadunath Sarkar writes in his famous book "Shivaji - His Life and Times".... "Shivaji was the first to challenge Bijapur and delhi and thus teach his countrymen that it was possible for them to be independent leaders in war. Then, he founded a state and taught his people that they were capable of administering a kingdom in all its departments. He has proved by his example that the HINDU race can build a nation, found a state, defeat enemies, they can conduct their own defence, they can protect and promote literature and ar