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Indian Navy unveils the crest of INS Malvan featuring Bagh Nakha used by Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2026

The Indian Navy on Saturday unveiled the crest of INS Malvan, the second ship of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), ahead...

News Reports

Swara Bhasker expresses ‘regret’ after backlash over comments on Chhaava but offers convoluted arguments to justify disparaging remarks on the sacrifices of Hindus

Amit Kelkar - 21 February, 2025

Former actor Swara Bhasker was in a damage control mode after her comments on Chhaava triggered massive online backlash.

Political History of India

Shivaji Jayanti: Why Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the architect of Hindavi Swaraj, is hailed as the “Father of the Indian Navy”

Rukma Rathore - 19 February, 2025

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's visionary strategies unprecedentedly modified India’s maritime history and coastal defence.

News Reports

‘Wagh Nakh’, the weapon used by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja to kill tyrant Afzal Khan, to be brought back home from London museum

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2023

Maharashtra govt is bringing back Shivaji Maharaja's Wagh Nakh weapon from Victoria and Albert Museum in London

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NCP leader forcefully stops screening of Marathi movie ‘Har Har Mahadev’ claiming it distorts history of Shivaji Maharaj, supporters manhandle audience

OpIndia Staff - 8 November, 2022

NCP workers manhandled audience for opposing disruption of movie screening at Thane multiplex.

News Reports

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation renames ‘Afzal Khan no Tekro’ in the city to ‘Shivaji no Tekro’, Sunni Waqf board objects

OpIndia Staff - 20 October, 2022

Gujarat HC directs Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to decide on Waqf board's plea against renaming 'Afzal Khan no Tekro' to 'Shivaji no Tekro'

News Reports

Hate speech case: Kalicharan Maharaj granted bail by Pune court, says his physical custody no longer needed

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2022

Chief Judicial Magistrate of Pune on Friday granted bail to seer Kalicharan Maharaj in connection with a hate speech case

News Reports

BJP MP Udayanraje Bhosale presents token of appreciation to Yogi Adityanath for renaming Mughal Museum after Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

OpIndia Staff - 6 February, 2021

SP and Congress had slammed Yogi Adityanath for renaming Mughal Museum in Agra after Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

News Reports

Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut coins a new definition for “haramkhor” to brazen out his crass remarks against Kangana Ranaut

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2020

Sanjay Raut claimed that in Maharashtra, "haramkhor" means "naughty" and "dishonest" and alleged that actor Kangana Ranaut is both naughty and dishonest

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