Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday visited Raigad Fort to attend the 352nd anniversary celebrations of ...

The Torna Fort in Pune has great cultural and historic importance. Also known as Prachandgad, this was the first fort captured by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at the age of 16 years. It’s located at an ...

An LGBTQ+ activist has condemned homophobic abuse aimed at Barcelona full-back Hector Fort after the pair posed for a picture on social media. Brigitta Lamoure, an actress and activist based in ...

seizing Torna Fort from the Bijapur Sultanate -- a moment that marked the beginning of his lifelong struggle for Swarajya." writes Jadunath Sarkar, in Shivaji and His Times. Shivaji Maharaj followed ...

He captured several key forts, including Rajgad, Torna, Kondhana, and Purandar, which formed the foundation of Swaraj. In 1656, Shivaji Maharaj took control of Javali in Satara district, an area of ...

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, a prominent Maratha warrior and the founder ... In 1640, he married Saibai Nimbalkar. He captured his first fort, Torna, in 1645, marking the beginning of his journey as a ...

Their architecture reflects an unmatched understanding of terrain, defense mechanisms, and war strategy—a legacy pioneered by Shivaji Maharaj in the 1670s and carried forward through the Peshwa rule ...

On Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's birth anniversary ... Shivaji had already started carving out his own independent kingdom. He captured forts strategically, beginning with Torna in 1645, and soon ...

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, born on February 19 ... he had already begun his campaign for a Maratha kingdom by capturing the Torna Fort in 1645 and initiating his military campaigns.

Shivaji Maharaj’s innovative guerrilla warfare tactics and fort ... At merely sixteen years old, he captured the Torna Fort in 1646. He took advantage of the political turmoil at the Bijapur court ...