"AFTER THE DEMISE OF SHIV CHHATRAPATI, AURANGZEB DECIDED TO END THE MARATHA REGIME FOR ONCE AND ALL. WITH A HUGE ARMY HE ATTACKED THE MARATHAS. THIS LED TO THE FAMOUS 'FREEDOM FIGHT OF MARATHAS'. UNDER THE ABLE LEADERSHIP OF CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJI, CHHATRAPATI RAJARAM AND QUEEN TARABAI, THE MARATHAS FOUGHT FOR 26 LONG YEARS. IN THE END, THE ONCE GREAT MUGHAL EMPEROR WAS DEFEATED. HE HAD TO BE BURROWED IN THE SOIL OF MAHARASHTRA. DR. JAISING PAWAR, THE GREAT HISTORIAN, HAS TAKEN A REVIEW OF SOME EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THIS FREEDOM FIGHT. A FEW TO NAME ARE: ¿ CAPTURING CAPITAL RAIGAD- SURYAJI PISAL'S ROLE IN IT ¿ CHHATRAPATI RAJARAM'S DANGEROUS JOURNEY TO JINJI ¿ MARATHA'S VITALITY 1681 A.D. ¿ MARATHA'S AMBITION TO WIN DELHI ¿ THE TRAGEDY OF SENAPATI SANTAJI GHORPADE ¿ THE SO-CALLED CROWN CEREMONY OF KING KARNA; CHHATRAPATI RAJARAM'S SON FROM A MAID ¿ EVALUATION OF SWATANTRYA SAUDAMINI QUEEN TARABAI'S WORK ¿ MARATHA'S FREEDOM FIGHT- A WIDE SEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING "