Mumbai: With the intention of highlighting ‘Maharashtra’s sacrifice for the safety of Delhi and the nation’, the Mahayuti authorities within the state plans to construct a memorial within the nationwide capital for a Maratha army common, Dattaji Shinde, of the Scindia dynasty.

The Maharashtra authorities needs to construct the memorial on the Jharoda Majra Metro station close to Burari the place Dattaji Shinde, who’s also referred to as Dattaji Scindia in some references, had died combating forward of the third battle of Panipat.

Dattaji Shinde was the second son of Ranoji Rao Shinde, the founding father of the Scindia dynasty. He served as regent for his younger nephew Jankoji Rao Shinde who was the Maharaja of Gwalior.

Dattaji Rao Shinde is alleged to have led Maratha forces in opposition to Afghan invasions at a time when there was heightened battle between the Marathas and the Afghans. He was put in cost as commander of the Punjab province to tackle the Afghans and enabled the Marathas to seize the forts of Attock and Peshawar at one level.

Dattaji Rao Shinde died through the Battle of the Barari Ghat a couple of yr earlier than the third battle of Panipat. He’s mentioned to have given a struggle cry of “Bachenge toh aur bhi ladenge” (if we survive, we are going to battle much more) that grew to become part of Maratha folklore.

‘In talks with Delhi Improvement Authority’

The Maharashtra tourism division has been appointed because the nodal division to implement the mission.

“We’ve had preliminary discussions with the Delhi Improvement Authority to get a bit of land there. We nonetheless should determine the land the place we are able to construct the memorial within the proximity of the Metro station,” a senior official with the state tourism division advised ThePrint.

At this stage, particulars of how in depth the memorial shall be and the way a lot it should price are additionally but to be labored out, he added.

The state tourism division has requested the Maharashtra Tourism Improvement Company (MTDC) to organize an in depth plan for the memorial, exploring the chances of together with a museum of archives, an audio-visual presentation, and so forth.

“It’s a part of the Maharashtra authorities’s bigger determination to develop locations exterior Maharashtra which were necessary in Maratha historical past and recognized for the feats of varied Maratha warriors,” the official mentioned.

The concept is to popularise the historical past of Marathas past Maharashtra, and make it related for the following generations as effectively, officers say.

Final yr, the state authorities had introduced that it might construct a grand memorial of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Agra the place the Maratha warrior king was saved underneath home arrest by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and managed to flee regardless of stringent monitoring. The memorial remains to be within the planning levels.

(Edited by Viny Mishra)

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