AADIPARVA (MALOJIRAO BHOSALE)

‘AADIPARV’ IS A HISTORICAL NOVEL WRITTEN BY DR. PRAMILA JARAG IS BASED ON LIFE OF MALOJIRAJE BHOSLE, A WARRIOR, ADMINISTRATOR AND STATESMAN AT HIS TIME AND GRANDFATHER OF ‘CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI’ THE GREAT.
THE NOVEL DEPICTS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCENARIO OF DECCAN INDIA DURING END OF 16TH CENTURY AND BEGINNING OF 17TH CENTURY, SPREAD OVER PERIOD OF 18 YEARS DURING WHICH MALOJIRAJE ASCENDED FROM A SOLDIER TO CHIEF OF ARMY.
THESE 18 YEARS WERE THE MOST TURBULENT YEARS IN THE HISTORY AT ‘NIJAMSHAHI OF AHMADNAGAR’, THAT RULED OVER THE PART OF LAND, WHICH IS TODAY’S MAHARASHTRA, FOR A CENTURY DURING WHICH THERE WERE TWO WARS BETWEEN MUGHULS UNDER LEADERSHIP OF EMPEROR AKBAR AND CHANDBIBI, THE FIRST EMPRESS OF DECCAN.
DR. PRAMILA JARAG HAS DONE A LOT OF STUDY OF LITERATURE ON THE SUBJECT IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES INCLUDING URDU & PERSIAN AND HAS USED WORDS IN THESE LANGUAGES SO APTLY TO RELIVE THAT ERA TO THE READERS. EVENTS OF THE PERSONAL LIFE AND HISTORICAL EVENTS ARE INTERTWINED VERY INTRICATELY.
THE MOST INSPIRING PART OF THE BOOK IS MAIN CHARACTER ‘MALOJIRAJE’, AS HIS WORK HAS DEFINITELY FOUNDED THE ROOTS OF VELOUR OF HIS SUCCESSORS ‘SHAHAJI MAHARAJ’ AND ‘CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI’ WHO FOUNDED A SOVEREIGN MARATHA EMPIRE IN DECCAN.