"If the Mughals dare pursue us, we shall hound them & ruin them by driving them by force from place to place and UTTERLY CRUSH them by the grace of our King (Chattrapati Shahu Maharaja) & the blessings of our ancestors!"
— Bajirao's Letter to Chimnaji, Maratha Invasion of Delhi.
The confidence of Peshwa Bajirao on the Marathas being able to destroy the entire Mughal army, stated in his report letter of the Invasion of Delhi to Chimnaji Appa in 1737 CE.
Source: A History of the Maratha People, Volume II, by Kincaid & Parasnis.
"मुग़ल है क्या? यदि आज्ञा मिले तो काल के मुख में भी जाकर, स्वामी (छत्रपति शाहू महाराज) के पुण्यप्रताप से, उसका बंदोबस्त करके आएंगे। मुग़ल हैं ही क्या।"
-पेशवा बाजीराव बल्लाळ
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