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Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Selma Carvalho writes: "Marathas have never been Goans. While the Goan has a history of being passive and peace-loving, the Maratha has a history of being a warrior clan. One reason Maharashtra fell to the British was because bands of Maratha thugs used to routinely go around raping, pillaging and destroying villages. It was almost a relief to have the British render some peace." This is indeed a most strange revisioning of history. History says Shivaji was the founder of what became the Maratha Confederacy, which ruled most of India prior to the arrival of the British in India. Jawaharalal Nehru has even written that "(The Moghul) Empire had vanished long ago even before the British arrived upon the scene........ The Marathas had smashed it and controlled Delhi itself....... Ranjit Singh ruled in the Punjab. Moghul rule had ended in the North without any intervention of the British, and in the South also it had disintegrated." I would be interested in knowing as to from where Selma got above information in this particular case. Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
