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The great Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj took handful of his men’s and rose the flag of freedom for that they fought with Mughal emperors for long period of time he had a very futuristic mind set and he knew that the one who has a good navy is consider as a king of the waves for that reason they started to build their own navy and they also wanted to trade from water ways for which they had to compete with European nations for that they gave contract for building ships to Luis Vegas and also promoted learning the art of ship building to natives and that’s how they created a unit of 5000 soldiers for their navy. They build Sindhudurg, Padmadurga, Vijaydurga, and Khanderi as water forts. They started to build Khanderi fort near to protect it from British. Britishers opposed this act and declare war against Marathas. Mumbai’s governor at that time was Gerard Angier who opposed it and sent Daniele Hues for that war. They took their ships named (Hunter) and (Revenge) for the fight but could not survive in shallow water area whereas Marathas small ships were way more active in those waters to dodge Britain’s big vessels. “Britain’s rule the wave they can never be slaves” this statement was proved wrong on this occasion. Shivaji created his naval bases and gave his freedom new strength. After looking after how he created his bases we can say that he was far sighted, observant and brave. He was truly father of our Morden Indian navy.

- CDT. OMKAR UDAY SHINDE{SD}

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