In Wild Maratha Battle - A Tale of the Days of Shivaji

Author: Michael MacmillanPainter/Illustrator/Animator: Paul HardyPublisher: Sahitya AkademiYear: 2008Language: EnglishPages: 138ISBN/UPC (if available): 8126025840 DescriptionWhen the exploits of Shivaji's gallant companions are discussed, it is people like Tanaji Malusre or Baji Prabhu Deshpande who gets the spotlight while Nettaji Palkar gets pushed to the background.Michael Macmillan, probably to set the records straight, depicts Nettaji's life, right from his birth to the kidnapping of his sister by a Bijapur commander even as she was going in her wedding palanquin - how Nettaji resisted and killed a noble in the fight and escaped to Mathevan, where he was instructed in the use of arms by a hermit and how later, he joined Shivaji and played a big hand in routing Afzal Khan's army.The two warriors fell out after Shivaji's defeat at the hands of Raja Jai Singh. Later Nettaji deserted to Bijapur. For this offence he was arrested by the Mughals and forced to embrace Islam and sent to