India, July 25 -- "People who believe in Shivaji cannot be narrow-minded about languages," said Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday while speaking at a function in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) convention centre.

Fadnavis was the chief guest at the foundation stone ceremony of the Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Special Centre for Security and Strategic Studies and the inauguration of the Kusumagraj Special Centre for Marathi Language, Literature and Culture. Also present were Maharashtra minister for industries and Marathi language Uday Samant and the current head of the Maratha royal family of Thanjavur Shivaji Rajah Bhonsle Chhatrapati. Deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar were, however, missing.

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