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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Rangnath Narayan Orpe''', historically mentioned as ‘Rango Narayan’, was a warrior and administrative officer on Fort [[Vishalgad]] in the regimes of [[Shivaji]], founder of the [[Maratha Empire]] and his son [[Sambhaji]] in the 17th century in [[India]]. <br />
He is mainly known for defeating the [[Bijapur Sultanate|Bijapur]] army in the [[battle of Vishalgad]] in July, 1660.<br />
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==Background==<br />
Rango Narayan was born in the historical [[Sarpotdar]] family of [[Karhade Brahmin]] settled at Vishalgad since late 16th century. His father Naropant was the chief of ''Kothi and Ambarkhana'' i.e. Food Stocks & Treasure in the regime of [[Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
It seems during 1659 Rango Narayan was the 'In charge' of the fort [[Vishalgad]] as [[Adilshahi]] General [[Afzalkhan]] sent a letter to him asking him to join his hands in the campaign against [[Shivaji]]. He also had given certain promises. However, Rango Narayan did not respond. Probably, he had already conspired with [[Shivaji]] because immediately after Afzalkhan's death and defeat [[Shivaji]] attached the fort to the proposed [[Maratha Empire]] in November, 1659. In the same year, [[Shivaji]] wrote a letter to Udhaji Ahir Rao, the then ''Killedar'' of the fort Vishalgad, ordering him to handover the charge of ''Karkhanisi'' to Rango Narayan. The sequence of incidences proves that Rango Narayan helped [[Shivaji]] for capturing the fort.<br />
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==Battle of Vishalgad==<br />
In July 1660 when [[Shivaji]] escaped from [[Panhala fort]] and reached [[Vishalgad]] after the [[Battle of Pavan Khind]], he ordered Rango Narayan to attack the [[Adilshahi]] troops camping around the fort. Rango Narayan did the job up to complete satisfaction of [[Shivaji]]. <br />
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[[Adilshahi]] troops headed by Siddhi Masood, Suryarao Surve and Jaswantrao Dalavi were attacked from a hill called ''Gonimooth'', fiercely beaten and turned back to fort [[Panhala]] by the [[Marathas]] headed by Rango Narayan. He was handsomely rewarded by [[Shivaji]] for his great performance. Later, during his [[coronation]] ceremony in June 1674, [[Shivaji]] conferred on him the honor of ‘[[Palkhi]]’ and doubled his remuneration.<br />
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==Later life and inheritance== <br />
After [[Shivaji]]’s death in 1680, he continued working for Chhatrapati [[Sambhaji]] as his officer in confidence on [[Vishalgad]]. References indicate that he was rewarded by [[Sambhaji]] for discharging his responsibilities successfully while constructing the fortresses of fort [[Vishalgad]] during 1683–1684. There is no mention as to the year of his death, however, several sources are available about the battles fought and diplomacy shown from time to time by his sons Kashi Rangnath and Shamji Rangnath in the regimes of Chhatrapati [[Rajaram Chhatrapati|Rajaram]] and [[Tarabai]]. <br />
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His heirs include the eminent historian [[Datto Vaman Potdar]].<br />
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==References==<br />
*'Kille Vishalgad' ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]) by P.B.Shirwalkar<br />
*'Pant Pratinidhi' Bakhar ([[Marathi language|Marathi]])<br />
*'Datto Vaman' by Shubhalaxmi Potdar ([[Marathi language|Marathi]])<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Shivaji]]<br />
*[[Battle of Pavan Khind]]<br />
*[[List of Marathi people]]<br />
*[[Sarpotdar]]<br />
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