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The Wars of the Empire (1400-present day Parbhani)

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The Topri Conflict (2018 - now)
The Mamroda River stands on the border between the territory of Dewala and the Kingdom of Topri however throughout history both sides have claimed full ownership of the Valley it sits in. In 1876 Dewala and Topri signed an agreement that the river would forever mark the border between their two nations. When in 1964 Dewala became part of the Empire of Parbhani the then Maharajadhiraja, Venkat II, sent emissaries to Topri stating that he intended to abide by the agreement that had been signed between Dewala and Topri in 1876. Between 1964 and 2016 there have always been numerous issues between groups in the area and this lead to several short conflicts the longest of which was in 1988 and lasted four days with around 80 soldiers killed on each side. Despite these frequent skirmishes the border remained intact and relations between the Empire and the Kingdom were best described as rocky.

In 2016 the valley became a hot spot again when the new King of Topri demanded that a hydro-electric dam be built on the river. With the Mamroda River providing vital irrigation to Dewala this was refused by Maharajadhiraja Krishnaraja as to do so would threaten several million people's farms. In 2017 however the King of Topri, Tushar II, began construction of a small dam in a valley contained fully within Topri in which a large feeder river of the Mamroda was located. This angered Parbhani as it would naturally impact their own water supplies. In late 2017 Maharajadhiraja Krishnaraja travelled to Topri in person to meet with King Tushar II to negotiate an agreement. This failed and as the Maharajadhiraja returned to Parbhani his convoy was attacked and he was taken hostage for ten minutes before members of his Special Forces Rapid Response Unit freed him. Two prisoners were taken in the action and Parbhani intelligence showed that despite still being in Topri territory no local forces came to aid the Maharajadhiraja. The two prisoners were taken back across the border into Parbhani and were confirmed to be members of the Topri military. Within 24 hours of their arrest and detention being made public the King of Topri demanded their release. The Maharajadhiraja refused and instead placed them on trial for his attempted murder. On December 19th 2017 the two men were found guilty and sentenced to death, a day later there was a failed attack on the prison they were being held in which was suspected to have been carried out by Topri Special Forces however no one was ever arrested for this.

On the 16th January 2018 the executions of the two prisoners was carried out. Later that day people in Topri, fired up by King Tushar II, stormed the Parbhani Embassy and despite Parbhani security managing to evacuate the building and get all staff to safety there were images in the news of the embassy property being carried off by locals and several individuals showing news reporters the various documents they had found. Thankfully for Parbhani these were not Classified and merely showed such things as letters of congratulations at the birthdays of Imperial Family or requisition forms for office supplies. The nature of the documents however was not the concern of Maharajadhiraja Krishnaraja but rather the fact his embassy staff had been in danger. A day later the Embassy was set on fire with an effigy of the Maharajadhiraja Krishnaraja and his three wives being thrown into the flames. The Maharajadhiraja demanded action by King Tushar II who instead of responding sent the Maharajadhiraja a bill for smoke damage caused to neighbouring buildings. Incensed by this Parbhani Special Forces infiltrated Topri to rescue the hiding embassy staff. This operation was discovered and while all members of the embassy and the rescue team managed to escape King Tushar II demanded the Special Forces soldiers be handed over as terrorists. This saw the two nations forces go onto high alert and then on the evening of 23rd January 2018 forces at the border begin exchanging gunfire with no order from above. At 5:30 am on the 24th January 2018 the Topri Air Force fired several Air to Ground missiles at border defence points in a prelude to launching a cross border operation. This was repulsed and later that day air strikes were carried out on key targets across Topri by the Imperial Air Force sparking a full blown conflict between the Empire and Topri.

Over the last two and a bit years forces from Parbhani have pressed into Topri and utilising the fact that Topri is landlocked and can not get supplies in other than by air and the fact the Imperial military is much larger the war seems inevitably lost for Topri. There have been sporadic ceasefires during the conflict as Imperial Forces allow civilians to leave combat zones and attempts at finding a permanent peace are found however it now seems Parbhani will only cease the conflict on conditions that would at best see Topri become some kind of vassal or at worse become a full part of the Empire. On the 26th December 2020 a 30 day ceasefire was agreed to allow refugees to be provided with food and shelter. During this Maharajadhiraja Krishnaraja offered to allow King Tushar II and his family to leave Topri and give his people the choice via a referendum of becoming part of the Empire or selecting one of Krishnaraja's son to be their new King. This offer was refused and it is not yet known what will happen after the 30 day agreement is reached.

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