Pune, July 4 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled the statue of Shrimant Bajirao Peshwa I in Pune, Maharashtra, on Friday. In his address, the Union Home Minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the mantra of "Vikas Bhi Virasat Bhi," under which it is crucial to make our "thousands of years" old culture, its history and the inspiring figures, accessible to our youth and warriors, according to a release.

He said that the land of Pune is the birthplace of the ethos of 'Swaraj'. Shah stated that in the 17th century, the voice of 'Swaraj' emerged from Pune, and when the time came for the people to fight for 'Swaraj', against the British, it was Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Maharaj who was the first to demand it. He adde...