{"id":214457,"date":"2022-11-15T20:19:41","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T14:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=214457"},"modified":"2022-12-08T12:51:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T07:21:42","slug":"legal-battle-over-demolitions-near-tomb-of-afzal-khan-in-maharashtra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/legal-battle-over-demolitions-near-tomb-of-afzal-khan-in-maharashtra\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal battle over demolitions near tomb of Afzal Khan in Maharashtra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cLegal battle over demolitions near tomb of Afzal Khan in Maharashtra\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>Indian Express <\/b>on 15th November 2022<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

T<\/span>he Supreme Court(SC) has sought reports from the Maharashtra government on the demolition drive conducted around the tomb of Afzal Khan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who was Afzal Khan?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Afzal Khan was a 17th-century commander of the <\/span>Adil Shahi dynasty<\/b> of Bijapur.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Chhatrapati Shivaji\u2019s rise and increasing control of the region, Afzal Khan was seen as the man to subdue him in the Deccan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Afzal Khan put together a force of 10,000 cavalry and marched from Bijapur to Wai, plundering Shivaji\u2019s territory along the way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shivaji called a <\/span>council of war at the fort of Pratapgarh, <\/b>where most of his advisers urged him to make peace. However, Shivaji was not eager to back down and he set up a meeting with Khan.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the meeting, an embrace between the two turned into an attack in which Shivaji emerged victorious. This was followed by a rout of the Adilshahi army at the hands of the Marathas.<\/span><\/p>\n

As per Maratha sources, <\/span>Khan\u2019s remains were buried at the fort <\/b>and a tomb was constructed on Shivaji’s orders.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an act of grace, Shivaji erected a tomb over the remains of Afzul Khan and built a tower in his honour which is still known by the name \u2018<\/span>Afzul Buruj<\/b>\u2019 at Pratapgarh.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sword of Afzal Khan was preserved as a valued trophy in the armoury of Shivaji and his descendants.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cLegal battle over demolitions near tomb of Afzal Khan in Maharashtra\u201d published in Indian Express on 15th November 2022 What is the News? The Supreme Court(SC) has sought reports from the Maharashtra government on the demolition drive conducted around the tomb of Afzal Khan. Who was Afzal… Continue reading Legal battle over demolitions near tomb of Afzal Khan in Maharashtra<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,11210,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-214457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-personalities-in-news","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}