Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti to be Celebrated at Agra Fort for the First Time

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are expected to take part in events at the fort as chief guests.

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Agra: The 393rd birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj will be organised in the Diwan-e-Aam premises of the Agra Fort on Sunday, an official said. Also referred to as Shivaji Bhonsale I, the 17th-century Maratha ruler was born on February 19, 1630. “The event would be organised from 7 pm till 10 pm on Sunday night,” Raj Kumar Patel, Superintending archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Agra Circle said. It is being organised by Ajinkya Deogiri Pratisthan, a social and cultural organisation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Cultural Department of Maharashtra.

चला, शिवनेरीला जाऊ, आपल्या श्री छत्रपती शिवरायांचे दर्शन घेऊ!
श्री छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज जन्मोत्सवानिमित्त किल्ले शिवनेरी, ता. जुन्नर,जि. पुणे येथे आपल्या सरकारच्या वतीने 3 दिवसांचा सांस्कृतिक महोत्सव आयोजित करण्यात आला आहे.
दिनांक 18 ते 20 फेब्रुवारी या...#ShivJayanti #Shivneri pic.twitter.com/FD05NiUGp6

— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) February 17, 2023

शिवरायांचे आठवावे रुप ।
शिवरायांचा आठवावा प्रताप

छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज यांना जयंतीदिनानिमित्त कोटी कोटी वंदन


Salutations to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on the occasion of Shiv Jayanti pic.twitter.com/yU8ICnl1Uk

— Governor of Maharashtra (@maha_governor) February 19, 2023

Organisation’s president Vinod Patil has claimed that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are expected to take part in these events as chief guests.

“Chhatrapati Shivaji is the ideal of the whole country. He is not only from Maharashtra, he is a national hero. We would like to highlight his glorious works, valour. Women and farmers were given priority during his time,” he told PTI.

On February 11, a cultural event program was also organised for the delegates of the G-20 meeting at the 16th-century fortress. However, post cultural programme cracks developed in the ceiling of the Diwan-e-aam or Hall of Audience of the Mughal structure.