Asia

August 1773, Shaniwar Wada On a fateful day, the capital palace of Marathas in Poona was drenched in the blood of its own Peshwa. Marathas were still recovering from the untimely death of Peshwa Madhavrao when the sensational murder of Peshwa Narayanrao shook the empire. The political conspiracy and the murder divided the empire into two factions and brought it on the verge of a civil war. Unfazed by the threats and political pressure, Ram Shastri Prabhune, the chief justice of the Marathas, initiated the investigation into the murder of the Peshwa. Who murdered Peshwa Narayanrao?

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The unsung story of heroic World War II combat nurses sent into the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa to save thousands of American soldiers and Marines The Pacific Theater was the setting for some of World War II’s bloodiest battles, and yet much of its history remains untold. As the war in...

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