India, April 13 -- A law, a text, a national monument: Shivaji received a number of gifts at Raigad Fort on Saturday.

During his visit to the erstwhile capital of the Maratha empire, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that he intends to usher in a law that will penalise those who insult icons of Maharashtra, particularly the Maratha warrior king.

He also announced plans to commission a standard history of Shivaji that would ensure his story could not be "twisted by anyone else". And he declared plans to develop the first national memorial to the Maratha warrior king, in New Delhi.

"We are all of the view that those who insult our idols and Shivaji Maharaj should be thrown from Takmak Tok (a high point at Raigad Fort...