Sagas of Bharat

Peshwa Baji Rao - Part 1

We all know the fantastic exploits of Napoleon sometime in late 1700s. We have also been taught about Admiral Nelson and courage in meeting Napoleon's challenge on the seas. In this episode, we're going to meet someone who was greater than Napoleon in land conquests and military strategy and more cunning than Nelson when countering sea facing powers. The name of this personality is Peshwa Baji Rao - one of the finest sons of Bharat. Although his life was only of 40 years, his exploits are so numerous and audacious that one episode cannot fully capture them. In this episode we will see Baji Rao arrive on the stage of Bharat amidst fighting Martahas, Mughals and Siddis. Hopefully, the episode is able to convince you that Baji Rao was no ordinary Peshwa - he was a prodigy born solely to subdue Mughals and usher in the age of Marathas.

Raja Raja Chola

Pre-Islamic Bharat was a land of empire builders. Even though we had multiple different empires vying for supremacy, the common thread in entire Bharat was the unifying culture of Hinduism. This episode focuses on one of the towering figures in Bharatiya history - Raja Raja Chola. Viewed through the twists and turns of his times, come witness the story of how Bharat's great monarch expanded from a little strip of land in Southern Bharat to an empire that at its height comprised of entire South Bharat, Sri Lanka and parts of Indo China.

Lachit Borphukan

There is a myth spread around in Indian history books - Mughals were great and invincible. Today I will take you to the mystical land of Assam where a great general defeated them not once but seventeen times. We will see how CEO level thinking and Vietnam level defense discipline led the Mughal general to say: "Anyone who comes to war against Ahoms, must be thrashed by a broomstick".

Jatindranath 'Bagha' Mukherjee

What if India became Bharat in 1915? What if Bharat had it's own version of French revolution? This episode is a story of a man who almost made it happen. Find out how an ordinary man with a heart of a lion and cunning of a snake nearly outsmarted British in an effort to rid them from his motherland. You may come away convinced that this man would be a serious contender for the title of the "father of the nation". After all, the British didn't praise Indians with these words: "If this man had been an Englishman they would have built his statue besides Nelson in Trafalgar square".

Chattrapati Shivaji - Part 3

In this final episode in the life of Shivaji Maharaj we look at his journey to become Chattrapati - the lord of the people. We will then examine the impact that Shivaji Maharaj had on the history of Bharat.