Yesaji Kank : The Man Who Defeated an Elephant.
Who was Yesaji Kank?🔥🔥🔥 Yesaji Kank was a very strong soldier or maavlaa in The army of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He was physically well built, was very strong and was known for it. Battle with an Elephant, but why ? This event actually occurred when Yesaji Kank, the great was accompanying his king to the Dakshin Mohim meaning when King Shivaji went to capture the deccan part of India. On his way Shivaji Maharaj had plans to go to meet Qutub Shaha who had turned into an ally of the Marathas after negotiations. When Qutub Shaha came to know that the great king Shivaji is coming to meet him, he decided to himself escort Shivaji Maharaj and arranged an auspicious welcome ceremony for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Qutub Shaha on reaching in his palace started boasting about his big horses and large elephants and asked Chhatrapati that whether he too has such large elephants in his army to which King Shivaji replied in negative as the Marathas were experts in Guerilla Warfare and