Author Dattatray R. Ketkar gives detailed history of Sarkhel Kanhoji Angre who was navy chief during Maratha period. This book also describes how Maratha Navy was formed and then gradually declined. Information of Tukoji Angre and History of Angre Dynasty is also given in this Sarkhel Kanhoji Angre.. Maratha Armar book.
The Marathas were the predecessors of the British in India and their decline and fall is a sorry tale indeed. This Decline and fall of the Maratha Empire book is not just about the end of Maratha power in India, but also covers the background before the decline started, which was not a sudden event, but which took years and decades to manifest itself. It is a skill of author Wing Commander (retd.) Dr. Mukund S. Naravane, which makes it believable, on account of logical approach and strength of the narrative; based on a large amount research and diligence.
Shrimant Madhavrao Peshwa Vyakti ani Karya is a biography of Shrimant Madhavrao Peshwa, who was born in 1745 and died in 1772 at the age of 27 years. He was 9th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. During his tenure, the Maratha empire recovered from the losses they suffered during the Third Battle of Panipat. This book is written by Guruprasad Kanitkar and Parag Pimpalkhare.
Virgal i.e. hero stones becomes an important and authentic tool to inform the historical events around us. This Virgal Ek Abhyas book has tried to show that there are different types of heroes and they add value to history. A holistic examination of Virgal is given for the first time in this book by the author Dr. Lata Aklujkar. This is an attempt to write a comprehensive information about Veergal rather than writing a book with only pictures of hero stones.
Some books provide basic information on the subject, the information provided is annotated with context where necessary, with attention paid to making it more interesting and accessible. Such books are specially written for readers who have enough basic knowledge of the subject. Readers have a modest expectation that appropriate, reliable information should be provided in a concise, yet uncomplicated manner.
The book PunyaNagari Ek Aitihasik Magova is of this type. This book is about the history of Pune city written by Dr. Avinash Sowani.
Colour and black and white photographs make this book more attractive and informative.
Genealogies of historical families based on reliable evidence is an important tool of history. Aitihasik Gharanyanchya Vanshawali book contains the genealogies of Mughal, Adilshah, Qutbshah, Nizamshah sultans, Kadamba, Shilahar, Vijayanagar emperor, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Peshwas and so on. Hence the genealogy of historical families is an important source of history for history researchers, scholars and history lovers. This book is edited by history researcher Mahesh Tendulkar. This book contains Genealogies of 313 historical families.
Urban development is the transformation of a small village into a big prosperous city with the use of proper town planning.
During the Maratha period, mainly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the development of the villages in the western India was structured. The factors that were required for it and how this development was directly reflected in the urban structure, town planning and town development is described in this Maratha Kalkhandatil NagarVikas book written by Dr. Avinash Sowani.
In Solapurche Paramparagat Vatandar Deshmukh Gharane book author Lata Aklujkar has studied the documents related to Deshmukh dynasty of Solapur and presented how this dynasty has been the best watandar in Solapur Pargana since ancient times till today.
Mastani Ek Navin Drushtikon book gives detailed history of Mastani, who was from Bundelkhand and was a second wife of Thorale Bajirao Peshwe, written by Dr. Lata Aklujkar
Akherache Karasthan book is a link between the past and the present of the historic account of an institution. With the limitations insisted upon the ancestors, the next six generations maintained the norms that led the eighth generation to prosperity. While maintaining the ancestral norms, no one knew it was a major conspiracy 7 generations before. The 7th generation just deduced the mysterious plot and the manner proved quite enthralling. The engrossing narration from the references of latter – Peshwa period arouses and keeps up the readers interest till the end written by Dr. Avinash Sowani
