Remembering Maharaja #Surajmal on his birth anniversary, rightly called as 'Plato of Jat people'. History of the world is but the biography of great men and those who don't know about their history lose the faculty of civic pride. 1/3
Whether it was failed military expedition of Lord Lake in 1805 to capture Lohagarh fort or Surajmal's delhi expedition, his diplomacy against Ahmad Shah Abdali or his efficient revenue system, he proved his mettle on all front.

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One can’t help but wonder about the course that Indian history could have taken, had the Marathas treated Surajmal well and valued his advice. The third battle of Panipat was a disaster, it didn't decide who to rule India but who not to !!

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