‘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.
The 35-foot statue of Shivaji Maharaj, inuagurated by PM Modi, collapsed at around 1 pm at Rajkot Fort in Sindhudurg district around 480km from Mumbai, due to strong winds at 45km/h.
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.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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