Netaji Palkar

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Netoji Palkar
Senapati
Sarnaubat
Raigad District, Maharashtra, India)
Died1681 (aged 61)
Military career
Allegiance Maratha Empire
RankSenapati
Battles/wars
  • Battle of Pratapgad
Names
Netoji alias Netaji Palkar
Mohammad Kuli Khan
HousePalkar
ReligionHinduism
Islam (converted)
Hinduism (reconverted)

Netoji Palkar (1620–1681), also known as Netaji Palkar, served as a prominent

Maratha empire
.

Background

Netoji Palkar was born in the small village of Chouk in Khalapur, Maharashtra, India, into a Marathi Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu family.[1] Netaji's father held a prominent position as a major Jagirdar in Western Maharashtra under the Adil Shahi dynasty.[2]

Military Career

Netoji was appointed as

Bijapur Sultanate, which ensued after the assassination of Afzal Khan. His reputation among the local populace was so profound that he earned the moniker "Prati Shivaji," signifying his embodiment of the image of Chhatrapati Shivaji.[3]

He significantly disrupted the Mughal territories until the year 1665, and his failure to communicate the actions of

Mughals and engage in hostilities against the Adilshah of Bijapur. During this period, Netaji Palkar switched allegiance to the forces of Adilshah, a strategic move orchestrated by Chhatrapati Shivaji to diminish his own military strength, as Aurangzeb
sought Shivaji's support in his campaigns. Consequently, Shivaji's maneuvering successfully prevented the Mughals from subduing Adilshah, in line with his intended outcome.

After Shivaji's meeting with Aurangzeb in Agra, Netaji Palkar joined the service of Jai Singh. Subsequently, when Shivaji managed to escape from Agra, Mirza Raja fell out of favor with Aurangzeb.[4]

Arrest and Conversion

After

Deccan, along with Commander Diler Khan
, with the aim of subduing Shivaji's territories.

After arriving in Deccan, Netaji joined forces with Shivaji's troops and traveled to

Hindu faith. He underwent a formal re-conversion to Hinduism by the orders of Shivaji.[5][1] After 1666, he abstained from involvement in the Maratha campaigns. In 1665, the position of Senapati was bestowed upon Prataprao Gujar
.

Death

He died in 1681, due to natural causes associated with old age.

References

  1. ^ a b "Organiser, Volume 27". Bharat Prakashan (Delhi) Ltd. 1974: 205. Aurangzeb converted Shivaji's general Netoji Palkar a Kayastha Prabhoo to Islam and named him Kuli Khan. He sent him to the north west frontier province. Netaji suspected that he would be murdered in the north west by some secret agent of the Emperor. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. JSTOR 44138773
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  3. ^ Government of Maharashtra (1984). Lokrajya. Vol. 40. Mumbai, India: Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations, Maharashtra State, India.
  4. ^ Netaji Palkar
  5. ^ "Hindu Vishva, Volume 16, No.9". May 1981. p. 19. Netaji Palkar, who, on account of his superb valour was known as a second Shivaji at his time, was lured by Mirza Jaisingh into Aurangzeb's services, and in 1667 was forcibly converted to Islam. ...Only in 1676 could he get an opportunity to escape to Deccan and straightway seek a meeting with Shivaji. He was not only brought back to Hinduism but was taken back into his own community of Kayastha Prabhus without the least objection from anyone. Thus, the doors of Hinduism were opened to all those who wanted to return to it. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
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