INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -on hearing news of his death, Chh. Shivaji said. “We won the fort but lost the lion” (“Gad Ala Pan Sinha Gela”), and so after his death Chh. Shivaji renamed this “Kondhana” fort as “Sinhagad”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tanaji Malusare lost his life, but his brother Suryaji took over and captured the Kondana fort, now known as Sinhagad.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sinhagad Fort Originally called Kondana, it was renamed the Lion Fort in honour of Shivaji’s trusted aide Tanaji Malusare who lost his life in a during raid on the fort.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Battle of Sinhagad, also known as Battle of Kondhana, involved an attack by the forces of the Maratha Empire during the night of 4 February 1670 on the fort of Sinhagad (then Kondhana), near the city of Pune, Maharashtra, in the Mughal Empire (present-day India). The Marathas captured the fort.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Battle of Sinhagad (Kondana Killa) is one of the important events of Shivaji Maharaj’s reign. Shivaji had set out to recapture forts lost to the Mughals.