1. When you talk history, you talk of what certain people have done as good and as bad. It is inevitable. Panipat war of 1761 was a death blow to great Shivaji's Indian Swaraj movement. The Marathas made a mistake of taking their wives with them to the battle.

2. The battle between Hindus headed by Maratha Emperor Bhau and Muslims headed by Abdali Shah of Afghanistan was a resolving fight. Both sides lost heavily but Marathas were fatally wounded in the war.

3. Abdali took the widows of the slain Marathas and they were waylaid by the Sikhs who grabbed the women and let the Muslims retreat. The Sikhs kept the Maratha women as their trophy. They never helped Marathas in the war and became beneficieries of some loot and most women.

4. You can read Anil Athale's version of this war here: https://www.rediff.com/news/special/250-years-on-battle-of-panipat-revisited/20110113.htm#:~:text=The%20Sikhs%20were%20other%20beneficiaries,deep%20psychological%20impact%20on%20them.

5. Now fast forward 100 years. In the first revolutionary war of 1857, again mostly led by the Marathas, the defeat came because of the betrayal of the Sikhs by siding with the British. Their rape and loot of Delhi is most unconscionable.

6. Since this war of 1857, the British who commanded a huge army of Indians comprising mostly of Bengalis to enslave Indians, lost faith in Bengalis and quickly replaced them with the Sikhs. More than 80% were Sikhs only, the rest were Hindus who were sappers and miners.

7. Again fast forward 90 years at the time of partition. The army was divided between India and Pakistan. Lo and behold! All those Sikhs who were ceded to Pakistan overnight converted to Islam to keep their jobs! These histories of who is who must not be forgotton.

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