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#MardaniKhel, the traditional Maratha #martialart involving hand-to-hand combat with opponents using weapons such as swords, spears, lances and daggers, is seeing a revival as women and girls are keen to learn self-defence.
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The martial art was used effectively by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to defeat the Mughals, is so ingrained in the blood of the Maratha men and women that despite being suppressed by the British, not being documented or having a formal structure or government patronage, the art has survived due to a multitude of individual efforts. Almost 400 years later, hundreds of girls in rural Maharashtra continue to learn Mardani Khel, carrying forward the heroic legacy of Sarsenapati #Umabaisaheb Dabhade, the first and only woman commander-in-chief of the Marathas. She learnt the art from Rani Tarabai, the wife of Kolhapur’s ruler Rajaram Bhosale.
Tarabai asked all men, women and children to be trained in Mardani Khel, the traditional Maratha martial art involving hand-to-hand combat with opponents using weapons such as swords, spears, lances and daggers. There are literally hundreds of small talims (#mandals or training centres) dotting the Maharashtra landscape, especially in rural areas, promoting this #ancientart. Mardani Khel was on the verge of extinction 15-20 years back but has been revived by these talims which are propagating it among the new generation.
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