Mumbai, April 13 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday hailed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj saying that the Maratha ruler's ideals of "swadharm and swarajya" continue to inspire the nation, even as he called Mughal emperor Aurangzeb a "defeated man".
Shah was speaking after paying tributes to Shivaji Maharaj at Raigad Fort on his 345th death anniversary, days after a huge political controversy erupted in Maharashtra over the demand by right-wing organisations to remove the tomb of the 17th Century Mughal emperor from Khultabad in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.
"I appeal to the people of Maharashtra to not keep Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj restricted to the state. His tremendous willpower, determination, and courage inspire the co...