DADAJI KONDEV KON HOTA? by DR.JAYSINGRAO PAWAR

1. ‘DADAJI KONDADEV KON HOTE (WHO WAS)?’ THERE ARE 13 ARTICLES IN THIS BOOK. HISTORY BELIEVES THAT DADAJI KONDADEV WAS SHIVAJI MAHARAJ’S TEACHER, THIS VERY BELIEF IS ELIMINATED WITH POOFS IN THE ARTICLE, ‘DADAJI KONDADEV KAUN HOTE?’ THE ARTICLE ‘SAGARAVA SWARAJYA NIRMAN KARANARA RAJA-SHIVACHHATRAPATI’ TALKS ABOUT HOW SHIVAJI MAHARAJ BUILT SEA CASTLES AND GAVE CHECKMATE TO FOREIGN POWERS. IT THROWS LIGHT ON THE PROFOUND WORK DONE BY THE GREAT KING BY BUILDING AN IMPORTANT TASK BENEFICIAL TO SOCIETY, CREATING ‘SWARAJYA’ ON THE SEA. ‘SHIVACHHATRAPATINCHI PRADHANMANDALNEETEE’ IS AN ARTICLE WHICH CASTS LIGHT ON HIS STRATEGIES REGARDING THE SELECTION OF MINISTERS WHILE FORMING THE MINISTRY. RAMCHANDRAPANT AMATYA WAS THE FIFTH-GENERATION PERSON BLESSED TO SERVE THE BHONSALE CLAN IN CONTINUATION. HIS DEEDS AND WORKINGS ARE EXPLAINED IN THE ARTICLE ‘SHIVAKALIN MUTSADDI AND RAJNITIDNYA – RAMCHANDRA AMATYA’.