Historical Figure

If you could meet a historical figure, who would it be and why?

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

The above name needs no introduction. I am nowhere and nothing in front of this man of great stature.

The reasons I would like to meet him are many, but few would like to put here –

– what’s the secret ingredient he had which bound the people together

– what’s that thing the people that time were ready to die for him and his one word

– to learn the patience in difficult situations and how he faced the the difficulties and overcame them

– how being nothing infront of a big army of Mughals, he didn’t budge but gave a big run and made Swarajya ( people’s state) possible

– when he escaped from Agra, I read one book on same, I was awestruck by the delicate and precise planning from Agra to Raigad fort

– despite being a father, how he kept his son separate from him during that escape, a part of strategy and also to keep Sambhaji Raje safe

– so many things, so many things

Another historical figure I would like to meet is Mahatma Gandhi.