Tag: Porto Novo

Dive into the military records of Porto Novo and its pivotal role in the struggle for Southern India. This tag archive provides a detailed look at the 1781 engagement during the Second Anglo-Mysore War, analyzing the tactical maneuvers of the British East India Company against the Kingdom of Mysore. Articles under this tag analyze the logistical links between Porto Novo and the Gingee-Arcot corridor, the establishment of European “factories” on the coast, and the town’s role in the earlier Maratha and Mughal campaigns. Essential for researchers of 18th-century warfare, these posts explore the primary journals and colonial maps that document the naval and land-based strategies used to se

Crisis at Ginjee: How Sambhaji's Succession Destroyed Sivaji's Southern Empire
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Crisis at Ginjee: How Sambhaji’s Succession Destroyed Sivaji’s Southern Empire

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The death of Chhatrapati Sivaji in April 1680 didn’t just mark the end of an era—it triggered a succession crisis that nearly destroyed the Maratha empire he had built. Nowhere were the consequences more dramatic than in the distant Carnatic territories, where political intrigue, personal vendettas, and administrative chaos transformed Sivaji’s carefully crafted southern empire […]