A History of the Mahrattas v1.c19.127

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[For a description of the extent of the *Svarāj*, and a list of the *subhas* and forts included in it, see article by P. V. Mavji, *Shivaji's Swarājya*, pp. 30–42, vol. xxii of *J.B.B.R.A.S.* ; also Sarkar, *Shivaji and His Times*, pp. 455 ff. In modern days the word *Svarāj*, or *Svarājya* (Swuraje) has acquired a new meaning. In the mouth of ‘moderate’ Indian politicians it is supposed to denote only a pious aspiration towards self-government of the colonial type. To the ‘extremists’ it signifies the immediate and violent emancipation of India from British rule and complete independence. (Chirol, *Indian Unrest* (1910), p. 254.)]