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The Battle of Pavan Khind (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell) was a rearguard last stand that took place in September 1660, at a mountain pass in the vicinity of Vishalgad between the forces of the Maratha and the pursuing Bijapur Sultanate forces.
After escaping the Siege of Panhala, Shivaji and his small accompaniment were pursued by Siddi Masud of the Bijapur Sultanate with a much larger force. As morning was breaking, the Maratha generals Baji Prabhu Deshpande and Shambhu Singh Jadhav with half of the force fortified a narrow mountain pass and repulsed the chasing cavalry and continued fighting off the Bijapuri infantry. When Shivaji and the rest of the force reached the fort they sounded the signal with cannon and the remaining Maratha forces retreated.
According to legends, despite being mortally wounded Baji Prabhu Deshpande continued defending and encouraging his troops until he heard the signal. The engagement ended with the destruction of the Maratha forces, and a tactical victory for the Bijapur Sultanate that failed to achieve the strategic victory of capturing Shivaji.[1][2][3]
In popular culture
- The battle was depicted in episodes of Raja Shivchatrapati
- In 2022, Pawankhind, a Marathi-language film depicting the battle directed by Digpal Lanjekar and starring Chinmay Mandlekar as Shivaji and Ajay Purkar as Baji Prabhu Deshpande was released on 21 January.[4]
- Also in 2022, Har Har Mahadev, another Marathi-language film depicting the prior siege and the battle directed by Abhijeet Deshpande and starring Subodh Bhave as Shivaji and Sharad Kelkar as Baji Prabhu Deshpande was released on 25 October.
See also
References
- ↑ A History of the Mahrattas{{#if:Duff|, Duff}. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green(1826)
- ↑ The Grand Rebel: An Impression of Shivaji, Founder of the Maratha Empire{{#if:Kincaid|, Kincaid}. Collins(1936)
- ↑ Shivaji and his times{{#if:Sarkar|, Sarkar}. Longmans, Green and co.(1920)
- ↑ THESE character posters of Digpal Lanjekar's 'Pawankhind' will get you all excited for the film. Times of India(28 December 2021). Retrieved 5 January 2022.