- TIL of Malik Ambar, an Ethiopian bought to India as a child slave in the 1500s where he created a mercenary army, became prime minister of Ahmadnagar Sultanate and founded Aurangabad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/malik_ambar 3 comments india
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- Forgotten Indian history: The brutal Maratha invasions of Bengal https://scroll.in/article/776978/forgotten-indian-history-the-brutal-maratha-invasions-of-bengal 45 comments
- Forgotten Indian history: The brutal Maratha invasions of Bengal http://scroll.in/article/776978/forgotten-indian-history-the-brutal-maratha-invasions-of-bengal?amp%3Butm_campaign=scrollpage&%3Butm_content=original&%3Butm_medium=social 10 comments