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                The Peshwa who haunts Shaniwarwada On every full moon night, no local ventures near Shaniwarwada. For at night, amid the darkness and within the empty structure, you suddenly hear screams for help. "Kaka mala vachwa" (Uncle , save me!) . You look around , puzzled. There is nobody except for you there, then who is screaming?  The magnificent Shaniwarwada is a palace in Pune which used to  be the abode of the Peshwas- the Prime Ministers of the Maratha kingdom who later became the de facto leaders of it. The sprawling location however, is not without its dark, spooky horror story. Shaniwarwada  A horror story is as good as it gets, spooky, exciting and thrilling... Did you know about Narayanrao, the Peshwa who haunts Shaniwarwada?  For basking in the horror of this terrifying tale, let us go back to the year 1772. Peshwa Narayan Rao- the second successor of Maratha resurrection? After the Marathas lost the third battle of Panipat in 1761, their fortunes an

     Top 5 things needed  for your Mughal inspired room  Call them Mughals ,  moguls  or by any other epithet you like, one cannot deny  their times were one of the most culturally  richest times of Indian history. An amalgamation of cultures, cuisines, clothes and architecture, the Mughal period truly showed India's capacity for accommodating and blending in with different cultures and making them her own.  Here are  5 of the many Mughal inspired  elements you can use in your room to have a slice of this history with you , at all times without the necessity of travel. 

  Bakhtiyar Khilji destroyed the Nalanda university in 1194, or did he? (For references, please refer to the endnotes at the end of the article)   1193 and the advent of Mohammad Ghor, Qutbuddin Aibak and Bakhtiyar Khilji Mohammad of Ghor came to India in 1193 and laid the foundation of Islamic rule in India. He defeated the ruler of the Chauhan kingdom- Prithviraj III, a king who ruled over a vast part of North India that included Delhi. And it is Delhi which, for generations to come, would now become the seat of any power that would come to rule India.

                                       The origin of Gulab Jamun With a history spanning generations and transcending geographical boundaries, the gulab jamun  is one of those dishes which reflects the amalgamation and ultimate universality  of different cultures. Born in Greece, the dish is now a part of many cultures, each one adding to it , something unique of their own. 

  The Humayun Nama and why it matters.

  The battle of JAJAU: The epic struggle that sealed the fate for the later Mughals.