My friend, please don't look at history from caste prisom. We need to be proud of our great heritage. Peshwa did expand the Maratha empire created by Shivaji/Sambhaji Maharaj.
And writer probably meant leader from "Maratha" community. But still, I think there were VERY tall maratha leaders between Shivaji Maharaj and Yashwantrao Chavan. To name the few:
1. Mahadaji Shinde of Gwalior 2. Malharrao Holkar of Indor 3. Bhosale from Nagpur 4. Bhosale from Tanjor 5. Gaikwad from Baroda 6. Bhosale from Sawantwadi 7. Shahu Maharaj of Satara
We as Marahi are proud of this great heritage. Author is VERY weak on history and I think rediff needs to be very careful on what to publish on its website.
