The BJP-led Mahayuti has deployed its culture & tourism departments to put the spotlight on the Marathas. The sword is the latest historical artefact to be reclaimed among others.
‘Bharat’s history is not the history of losing wars but a history of continuous sangharsh’, said Organiser editor Prafulla Ketkar at the launch of Abhas Verma’s new book, Maratha War of Independence, in New Delhi.
Separately, the Centre also plans to launch a special Chhatrapati Shivaji-themed railway tour that will start in Delhi and cover places that prominently feature in Maratha history.
It is very much possible to name infrastructure in a way that promotes historical remembrance, as demonstrated by the common usage of ‘Atal Setu’ or ‘JFK Airport’.
The most suitable place to honour Shivaji would have been Leh. As a regimental icon of the Maratha Light Infantry, his reverence should have been restricted to the unit area or the posts.
In a YouTube video, Jaggi Vasudev had stated Ramdas Swami was Chhatrapati Shivaji's guru. This was deemed as false by NCP's Jitendra Awhad, who called it an 'insult' to Maharashtra.
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has demanded the removal of Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari from his post, describing him as an...
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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