"In South India when the Maratha King Sambhaji and his minister Kavikalash were taken prisoner, "that very night his (Sambhaji's) eyes were blinded and the next day the tongue of Kavikalash was cut out. After a fortnight's torture their limbs were hacked one by one and their flesh thrown to the dogs""
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About Sambhaji's death. (March 1689). Quoted in Lal, K. S. (1999). Theory and practice of Muslim state in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. Chapter 3
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Sambhaji
Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj (Sambhajiraje Bhonsle, popular famous as Shamburaje) (14 May 1657 – 11 March 1689) was the second Chhatrapati of the Maratha kingdom. He was the eldest son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (Shivajiraje Bhonsle), the founder of the Maratha Empire and his first wife Maharani Saibai. He was successor of the realm after his father's death, and ruled it for nine years. Sambhaji's rule was largely shaped by the ongoing wars between the Maratha kingdom and Mughal Empire as we
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