Edited by Surendranath Sen. (Indian Records Series.) Pp. lxiv + 434 + 20 plates. (New Delhi: National Archives of India, 1949.) 20 rupees.

This short documentary is about the true story of Lieutenant Colonel James Achilles Kirkpatrick the British resident of Hyderabad and a Mughal princess in 17th century India.

Shivaji is known as the Father of Indian Navy because he was among other first who understood the power of naval forces. He established the Maratha naval forces in 17th-century India.