kamat was speaking at the shiv jayanti celebrations held at the mapusa taxi stand on monday also present were shiv sena party workers and supporters This is the 392nd birth anniversary of the great Maratha ruler.
the Maharashtra government is celebrating the birth anniversary of Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on Monday (March 21) to honour shivaji who is regarded as the greatest warrior king of the Maratha empire.
Chhatrapati Shivaji had won several wars against the Mughals and carved out the Maratha empire. In 1674, he was formally crowned as the ‘Chhatrapati’ or emperor.
“today there is a need to educate the youth on this great maratha warrior and the ideology of the this great person should reach every youth especially the children” said kamat
Shivaji Maharaj is considered the greatest Maratha ruler who carved an enclave from the declining Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur that became the start of the Maratha Empire. At the young age of 16, Shivaji Maharaj seized the Torna fort and by the age of 17 had seized the Raigad and Kondana forts. He laid the foundation of the Maratha Empire in the year 1674″
speaking further about the great maratha warrior shiv sena party workers applauded their hero and stated that when shivaji was just 15, he had persuaded Inayat Khan, the commander of Bijapuri to hand over the Torna Fort to him also Shivaji’s encounter with Afzal Khan is well documented in history the party workers further said that Shivaji encouraged Marathi and Sanskrit instead of Persian in his court and administration.