‘Wagh nakh’ that Shivaji used to kill Afzal Khan to come home from UK

‘Wagh nakh’ that Shivaji used to kill Afzal Khan to come home from UK

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PM Modi gets rousing welcome from Indian diaspora in Indonesia: The ‘wagh nakh’ is coming home. With the UK authorities agreeing to give back the dagger shaped like tiger claws—used by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to kill Afzal Khan, general of the Bijapur sultanate, in 1659—state cultural affairs minister Sudhir Mungantiwar will visit London later this month to sign an MoU with the Victoria and Albert Museum, where it’s on display.

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