In this episode, I am going to review the book titled 'Shaniwar Wada - The Official Residence of Peshwa' written by Professor P. K. Ghanekar and translated by Devidas Deshpande.
This book will give you a brief but more than enough info about the Shaniwar Wada, the official residence of the Peshwas and help you understand little bit about the politics of 18th Century India.
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Coming up: A book review of 'Shaniwar Wada - The Official Residence of Peshwa' written by Professor P. K. Ghanekar and translated by Devidas Deshpande.
Namaste Friends. My name is 'Shinil Subramanian Payamal' and you are listening to the Historylogy podcast.
Before I proceed, a full disclosure: This book was bought with my own money and not been provided to me by the author or publisher.
Little bit about the author. Professor P. K. Ghanekar was a lecturer and Head of the Department, Botany, Abasaheb Garware College, Pune. Sir has authored around 75 books so far. More than 800 articles on mountaineering, trekking, photography, fort visit, history, travel and tourism, nature observation, science, etc... Also more than 500 lectures and slide shows on these subjects in Maharashtra as well as outside Maharashtra. He has got more than 25 awards till today in various fields. And also participated in many programs of All India Radio and Doordarshan.
This book will give you a brief but more than enough info about the Shaniwar Wada, the official residence of the Peshwas help you understand little bit about the politics of 18th Century India.
This book covers the following:
- Brief History about the period when Aurangzeb died and how the Peshwai came to the Bhat family.
- Old outer wall of Pune
- Pre-Shaniwar Wada period
- Relics in the Shaniwar Wada
- The Delhi Gate
- Nagarkhana
- Outer Square, Middle Square and the Inner Square
- The relics at the Western Outer wall
- Remaining edifices in Shaniwar Wada
- Residences in Shaniwar Wada
- Shaniwar Wada during the British regime
- When Shaniwar Wada was burning
- History of Fires in the Shaniwar Wada
- Destruction of Wadas in Pune
- Controversies associated with the Wada
- Architect of Shaniwar Wada - Shivram Krishna Limaye - Khajagiwale
and lot more.
The author has also suggested ways to improve the Wada area which hopefully the PMC and the ASI will pay heed to someday. We are still waiting!
The book also comes with a rough plan of the remains in the Shaniwar Wada which in itself is a good enough reason for you to pick up the book. Also included is the family tree of the Peshwa and couple of maps showing the spread of the Maratha Empire from 1680 AD to 1760 AD.
Conclusion: This book should be good enough for you to familiarise about the Shaniwar Wada and help you in understanding the history of the Wada in a much better. The printed price of the book is only Rs. 100/- which makes it an awesome value for money buy.
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