Question

why does tanaji climb up first?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

According to legend, Taanaji brought along with his pet ghorpad, or monitor lizard, that could cling to rocks. A rope was tied around the lizard and it was made to climb up the cliff, paving the way for the soldiers to climb holding them. ... The fort was renamed as Singhagad (lion's fort) by Shivaji to honour Tanaji

Answer 2

Explanation:

The battle was fought between Tanaji Malusare, commander of the Maratha Empire under Shivaji.[3] and UdayBhan Singh Rathore, a Rajput fortkeeper under Jai Singh I who worked for the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

Sinhagad was one of the first forts which Shivaji re-captured from the Mughals. The capture was made possible by scaling the walls at night with ladders made of rope. A fight followed in which Tanhaji was killed but the fort was won. The battle and Tanhaji's exploits are still a popular subject for Marathi ballad.[4]

During the siege, Malusare scaled a steep cliff that led to the fort through the assistance of a monitor lizard called Yashwanti (also referred to as ghorpad in marathi).[5][unreliable source?] This type of lizard was tamed since the 15th century and Yashwanti was trained to pull the rope up the cliffs for Malusare and wind it around the fort's bastion.[6] Climbing up the fort, the Marathas were intercepted by the garrison and combat ensued between the guards and the few infiltrators that had managed to climb up by this time. Both Tanhaji and Uday Bhan were killed in the battle but the overwhelmed Maratha forces managed to capture the fort after the reinforcements penetrated the gateway of the fort from another route.