Maa Bisalakkhi of Baruipur old market is seen in this picture. Ma is standing here with her two feet on the head and thigh of Sadashiv. A sword and a cleaver rests in her hand. On either side, two forms of Vishnu are seated as her companions.
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Maratha killed 400,000 people in Bengal.
Marathas killed 400,000 people in Bengal. The population of Bengal was approximately 30 million at that time(1742–1751), which means they killed 1.333 percent of the population. source
Also, the Maratha attacked temples and the towns of Karnataka. The Maratha Army under Parshuram Bhau destroyed 6,000 houses and abducted women. Over 100,000 Kannadigas died. source
There are many texts which contain the bargi(Maratha) attack in Bengal, some of them are
1. Annada Mangal by Bharatchandra Rayn (1752–53)
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2. Maharashtra Purana-
"তবে সব বরগি গ্রাম লুচিতে লাগিলা।
জত গ্রামের লোক সব পলাইল।।
ব্রাহ্মণ পন্ডিত পলাত্র পুথির ভার লইয়া।
সোনার বাইন্য পলাএ কত নিক্তি ইড়পি লইয়া।। গন্ধবণিক পলাএ দোকান লইয়া জত।
চতুর্দিকে লোক পলাএ কী বলিব কত।।
কারু হাত কাটে কারু নাক কান।
একি চোটে কারু বর্ধএ পরাণ।।
ভালই স্ত্রীলোক ধইরা লইয়া যাত্র।
অঙ্গুতে দড়ি বান্ধি দেয় তার গলাএ।।
একজন্য ছাড়ে তারে আর জন্য ধরে।
রমণের ভরে ত্রাহি শব্দ করে।।
এই মতে বরগি কর্ত পাপকর্ম কইরা।
সেই সব স্ত্রীলোকে জত দেই সব ছাইড়া।।"
It all started when Sarfaraz Khan was killed by Alivardi Khan in 1740. Then Alivardi Khan became Nawab of Bengal. After becoming Nawab of Bengal at that time Mughal Empire was having a hard time so Alivardi Khan didn't pay the tax because Bengal starting to become more independent but according to a Contract with Maratha and Aurangzeb the Maratha would get 1/4th of the tax to avoid Maratha raids but as the Mughal didn't get tax from Bengal thay said to Maratha if you can take your part you can take it and this is how Maratha invasions of Bengal(1742–1751) started and The leader of the expeditions was Raghoji Bhonsle.
Alivardi Khan did so much to stop them. Whenever Bargi (Maratha) attacked any village, Nawab sent his army to the village under attack, but they just ran off before the army got there. They were like Scavengers, a bunch of cowards. If their aim was about the tax, they could've just looted, but they burned villages and abducted women. It seems like they were doing this just for the fun of it.
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বুলবুলিতে ধান খেয়েছে খাজনা দেব কিসে?
ধান ফুরাল, পান ফুরাল
খাজনার উপায় কি?
আর ক'টা দিন সবুর করো রসুন বুনেছি।
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Marathas killed 400,000 people in Bengal. The population of Bengal was approximately 30 million at that time(1742–1751), which means they killed 1.333 percent of the population. source
Also, the Maratha attacked temples and the towns of Karnataka. The Maratha Army under Parshuram Bhau destroyed 6,000 houses and abducted women. Over 100,000 Kannadigas died. source
There are many texts which contain the bargi(Maratha) attack in Bengal, some of them are
1. Annada Mangal by Bharatchandra Rayn (1752–53)
https://preview.redd.it/gnxltnvaif5f1.jpg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac53ad616fdd91c822e9e0c60663dee55ea78b10
2. Maharashtra Purana-
"তবে সব বরগি গ্রাম লুচিতে লাগিলা।
জত গ্রামের লোক সব পলাইল।।
ব্রাহ্মণ পন্ডিত পলাত্র পুথির ভার লইয়া।
সোনার বাইন্য পলাএ কত নিক্তি ইড়পি লইয়া।। গন্ধবণিক পলাএ দোকান লইয়া জত।
চতুর্দিকে লোক পলাএ কী বলিব কত।।
কারু হাত কাটে কারু নাক কান।
একি চোটে কারু বর্ধএ পরাণ।।
ভালই স্ত্রীলোক ধইরা লইয়া যাত্র।
অঙ্গুতে দড়ি বান্ধি দেয় তার গলাএ।।
একজন্য ছাড়ে তারে আর জন্য ধরে।
রমণের ভরে ত্রাহি শব্দ করে।।
এই মতে বরগি কর্ত পাপকর্ম কইরা।
সেই সব স্ত্রীলোকে জত দেই সব ছাইড়া।।"
It all started when Sarfaraz Khan was killed by Alivardi Khan in 1740. Then Alivardi Khan became Nawab of Bengal. After becoming Nawab of Bengal at that time Mughal Empire was having a hard time so Alivardi Khan didn't pay the tax because Bengal starting to become more independent but according to a Contract with Maratha and Aurangzeb the Maratha would get 1/4th of the tax to avoid Maratha raids but as the Mughal didn't get tax from Bengal thay said to Maratha if you can take your part you can take it and this is how Maratha invasions of Bengal(1742–1751) started and The leader of the expeditions was Raghoji Bhonsle.
Alivardi Khan did so much to stop them. Whenever Bargi (Maratha) attacked any village, Nawab sent his army to the village under attack, but they just ran off before the army got there. They were like Scavengers, a bunch of cowards. If their aim was about the tax, they could've just looted, but they burned villages and abducted women. It seems like they were doing this just for the fun of it.
বর্গী এল দেশে
ছেলে ঘুমালো, পাড়া জুড়ালো
বর্গী এল দেশে
বুলবুলিতে ধান খেয়েছে খাজনা দেব কিসে?
ধান ফুরাল, পান ফুরাল
খাজনার উপায় কি?
আর ক'টা দিন সবুর করো রসুন বুনেছি।
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Maratha invasions of Bengal
The Maratha invasions of Bengal (1742–1751), also known as the Maratha expeditions in Bengal, were the frequent invasions by the Maratha forces in the Bengal Subah (Bengal, Bihar, parts of modern Orissa), after their successful campaign in the Carnatic region…
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Feeling depressed. Just read my story without judgement
Please don't judge me. Just hear me out please.
I am new to reddit, and posted about of my story on a different sub, it went viral, I received a lot of hate, accusing me of joking, lying and karma farming. But everything I shared was real.
So guys, please I just need someone to hear me and validate me. I don't have anyone with me to share my feelings with.
So I am a 17 year old girl from Bengal. But from my childhood, I am grown up in Ahmedabad as my father used to work there. My life was all good and my mom was a housewife.
But in the year, 2021, my father was accused in a cheating case by his boss which is based on false claims. After the fake accusations, my father was still working there as he thought everything became normal because his boss may have understood his innocence. But on November 2022 he was arrested by the police. My father spent 3 months in jail.
The legal fees were expensive and my mom being a housewife couldn't sustain us in city, so we moved to our village in Bengal and I left my city education by studying till 9th.
After coming back here, my mother took few loans from banks and lenders to pay for my father's legal fees and bail amount.
Finally, my father was bailed out. But because of this case, and his previous boss's connection, he couldn't get another job in that city.
So he also came back to Village with us. We lived in a small rented house. My father soon started working here at a small job in a shop. But we were happy in this small house too.
But life had other ideas. We lost my father last year. Now my mother and I started working in a small imitation jewellery factory to put food on the table.
On March 2025, the factory we used to work on got closed down and we lost our only source of income.
Now, we sustained ourselves till now with the little savings we had now.
But from last month we are struggling as our savings have been over and we didn't found a job yet.
We haven't paid house rent for 2 months and bank EMIS for 3 months. We are being harrassed daily mentally by the lenders.
We are surving by eating rice given by government ration and onion chillies.
Two days back, even our landlord came and told us that he will forcefully throw us out from this house, if we don't pay the outstanding rent within a week.
My mom and I are tensed as we can be homeless too. I don't even have any living relatives to take help from or talk to.
I am writing this because I am frustrated with God and he making my life like this. I don't know what will happen or how we will go ahead.
But, I am feeling really bad and depressed right now, so just wrote my heart out here.
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Please don't judge me. Just hear me out please.
I am new to reddit, and posted about of my story on a different sub, it went viral, I received a lot of hate, accusing me of joking, lying and karma farming. But everything I shared was real.
So guys, please I just need someone to hear me and validate me. I don't have anyone with me to share my feelings with.
So I am a 17 year old girl from Bengal. But from my childhood, I am grown up in Ahmedabad as my father used to work there. My life was all good and my mom was a housewife.
But in the year, 2021, my father was accused in a cheating case by his boss which is based on false claims. After the fake accusations, my father was still working there as he thought everything became normal because his boss may have understood his innocence. But on November 2022 he was arrested by the police. My father spent 3 months in jail.
The legal fees were expensive and my mom being a housewife couldn't sustain us in city, so we moved to our village in Bengal and I left my city education by studying till 9th.
After coming back here, my mother took few loans from banks and lenders to pay for my father's legal fees and bail amount.
Finally, my father was bailed out. But because of this case, and his previous boss's connection, he couldn't get another job in that city.
So he also came back to Village with us. We lived in a small rented house. My father soon started working here at a small job in a shop. But we were happy in this small house too.
But life had other ideas. We lost my father last year. Now my mother and I started working in a small imitation jewellery factory to put food on the table.
On March 2025, the factory we used to work on got closed down and we lost our only source of income.
Now, we sustained ourselves till now with the little savings we had now.
But from last month we are struggling as our savings have been over and we didn't found a job yet.
We haven't paid house rent for 2 months and bank EMIS for 3 months. We are being harrassed daily mentally by the lenders.
We are surving by eating rice given by government ration and onion chillies.
Two days back, even our landlord came and told us that he will forcefully throw us out from this house, if we don't pay the outstanding rent within a week.
My mom and I are tensed as we can be homeless too. I don't even have any living relatives to take help from or talk to.
I am writing this because I am frustrated with God and he making my life like this. I don't know what will happen or how we will go ahead.
But, I am feeling really bad and depressed right now, so just wrote my heart out here.
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Why do stray dogs in Kolkata generally appear to be more well-behaved, while in some North Indian states, stray dogs are often reported to be more aggressive toward people?
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