Will go to UK & retrieve Shivaji's sword: Maharashtra minister claims
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Mumbai: Next month, he would visit the United Kingdom and try to get warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's sword and dagger, Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said on Sunday. The artefacts are from the 17th century, PTI reports.
Speaking at an event attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Kharghar in Raigad district, the minister said the 350th anniversary of Shivaji Maharaj's coronation would be celebrated soon.
"I had a discussion with Alan Gemmell, British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India and Imogen Stone, Deputy Head, Political and Bilateral Affairs, on making available the 'Jagdamba' sword and 'wagh-nakh' (a dagger looking like tiger claws) for the Marathi people for viewing," the minister claimed.
"I am going to Britain in the first week of May for the same and will try to bring them back for the 350th anniversary of Shivaji Maharaj's coronation, which we will celebrate with such grandeur that the world will salute this country led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he added.