Keladi Rani Chennamma~Ruler or Keladi, Karnataka

Rani Chennamma, the ruler of Keladi from Karnataka. Aurangzeb was her contemporary. Marathas and Mughals were already in conflict then. Maratha prince Rajaram, son of Chhatrapati Shivaji, sought refuge from Rani Chennamma in Keladi. The Rani knew that if she gave shelter to Rajaram, the Mughals would certainly attack her kingdom. Yet she wasn't bothered. She agreed. She welcomed Rajaram with the warmest of hospitality. She not only gave him shelter but also facilitated his safe escape to Jinji Fort. (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj had defeated the Bijapuri Sultanate forces in 1677 and captured Jinji fort).

Aurangzeb had sent a messenger to Rani Chennamma ordering her to handover Rajaram to him. But the Rani refused. Aurangzeb sent a huge army. Rani Chennamma was fully prepared for the war. The brave Keladi soldiers led by the queen were almost winning the battle when clever Mughals, sensing defeat, proposed for peace. And a peace treaty was signed. Rani Chennamma also defeated the Sultan of Bijapur. Chennamma was an ardent devotee of Mahadev. She was an expert in warfare; mastered music and literature. She established a colony in her kingdom and facilitated settlement of scholars from across the country to spread knowledge of the Vedas, Puranas, epics, and more ancient Indian wisdom.

Rani Chennamma's story of valor is described in detail in a chapter in book #SaffronSwords along with 51 more episodes of valor.

There is another Rani Chennamma (of Kittur from Karnataka), who resisted British in battle. Her story is included in Vol 2 of Saffron Swords, which will be released in a few months. Vande Mataram!

A billion Indians vote freely but see how Western media covers it

While 970 million Indians freely exercise their franchise in the General Elections over the next two months, this is the extent to which an array of elements across Global Media Outlets, Global Think-Tanks, Activists and NGOs have worked overtime to undermine the legitimacy and integrity of the Indian Democracy :

"Will the outcome of India's election increase intolerance" - Deutsche Welle "Modification of India is almost complete" - TIME Magazine "India’s election: fixing a win by outlawing dissent damages democracy" - UK Guardian "Is India's BJP the world's most ruthlessly efficient political party?" - Financial Times "‘Messianic spell’: how Narendra Modi created a cult of personality" - UK Guardian "Narendra Modi Is Preparing New Attacks on Democratic Rights" - Jacobin Magazine "With democracy under threat in Narendra Modi’s India, how free and fair will this year’s election be?" - The Conversation, Australian Research Council "India can grow fast with or without Narendra Modi" - Reuters "Modi Is Making India's Election All About Himself" - Bloomberg "Progressive South Is Rejecting Modi" - Bloomberg "Modi's Campaign May Have Already Peaked" - Bloomberg "'Billionaire Raj’ Is Pushing India Toward Autocracy" - Bloomberg "India’s Voting Machines Are Raising Too Many Questions" - Bloomberg "Modi’s Sledgehammer Politics Are Battering Indian Democracy" - Bloomberg "Billionaire Press Barons Are Squeezing Media Freedom in India" - Bloomberg "Indian democracy developed east Asian characteristics - Voters are increasingly willing to trade political freedom for economic progress" - Financial Times "The ‘mother of democracy’ is not in good shape" - Financial Times "Modi's Temple of Lies" - New York Times " Mr. Modi has remained deeply popular even as he has become more autocratic. He has paid little price — and even found support — for his effort to remake India into what analysts have called an illiberal democracy." - New York Times "India Democracy in name only" - Le Monde France "Narendra Modi’s illiberalism may imperil India’s economic progress" - The Economist Magazine "The Right to Education and Democratic Backsliding in India" - Verfassunsblog "Democratic backsliding in India could prompt West to review its cooperation with Delhi" - Chatham House "As India goes to the polls, can democracy deliver a better life for all of its people? - Behind a veneer of progress, injustice and inequality propped up by corruption and the caste system haunt the subcontinent" - UK Guardian "India's elections this year stand out for their 'undemocratic nature' - Modi is turning democracy into electoral authoritarianism." - Le Monde France "Modi’s ‘Make in India’ Didn’t Make Jobs" - Foreign Policy Magazine "India’s middle class warm to autocracy under Modi" - The Press, New Zealand "Two thirds of Indians back autocracy as Modi eyes third term" - UK Times "Indian Democracy in Peril: Slide into Autocracy Likely to Continue" - Nippon Japan "US should not normalize Modi’s autocratic and illiberal India" - UK Guardian "Why is Biden silent on Modi and India’s slide toward autocracy?" - LA Times "As India rises, can the West steer Modi away from autocracy?" - UK Times "India's democratic regression - The autocratic bent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is clear" - LeMonde France "Authoritarian drift in the world's largest democracy" - The Informant New Zealand "Faced with Modi’s authoritarian drift, is India still the largest democracy in the world?" - Actual News Magazine London "Modi’s party using ‘authoritarian playbook’ to cripple opposition in India" - UK Independent "Narendra Modi regime suppresses freedoms" - La Croix International Catholic News "What Has Happened to the Rule of Law in India?" - The Atlantic Magazine  "The Tragedy Of India’s Authoritarian Descent" - The Bullet Socialist Project "Modi’s India has become less liberal" - Chatham House "India is the future of the authoritarian internet" - The Daily Dot Austin Texas "Increasing Authoritarianism in India under Narendra Modi" - Australian Institute of International Affairs "Narendra Modi Is Developing a New Template for Authoritarian Control of the Internet" - Jacobin Magazine "India’s authoritarian leader with his own app" - The Week, USA "Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government is escalating its attack on civil rights" - UK Guardian "Has Modi Pushed Indian Democracy Past Its Breaking Point?" - New Yorker Magazine "Who Can Stop Modi and His Authoritarian Vision for India?" - Jacobin Magazine "Freedom of Press is Dealt Deadly Blows by Modi's Proto-Fascist Regime in India" - Global Policy Journal UK "Modi's Personality Cult Has Replaced India's Democracy" - Foreign Policy Magazine "Modi’s India Is Where Global Democracy Dies" - New York Times "Australia’s Woeful Response to Rising Authoritarianism in India" - Australian Institute of International Affairs "Lament for India's descent into authoritarianism - Modi's ethnic nationalism threatens to deepen divisions in the subcontinent" - Nikkei Asia "Crushing dissent in a new paranoid India" - Lowy Institute "Despite Modi, India Has Not Yet Become a Hindu Authoritarian State" - Cato Institute "Modi’s Slide Toward Autocracy - How Modi Is Using Hinduism to Turn India Into an Autocracy" - Foreign Policy Magazine "India Under Modi Is Becoming a Brutal Authoritarian State" - Haaertz Israel "Authoritarianism Is Winning on Every Front in India" - Reason Magazine

https://x.com/shashidigital/status/1781615438322938007

The white man wants India to stay under them and to achieve this, they use their media and the slaves on the ground, the leftist media.