Shivaji-era ‘bagh-nakh’ to be on display from 19 July
The exhibition would commence from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum, popularly known as the Satara Museum, which has an excellent collection of the Maratha era.
The rare ‘bagh nakh’, which is being brought from the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, would be on display from 19 July, 2024 in Maharashtra.
The ‘bagh nakh’ dates back to the era of legendary Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
The exhibition would commence from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum, popularly known as the Satara Museum, which has an excellent collection of the Maratha era.
Making a statement in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, state’s Cultural Affairs Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said that the ‘bagh nakh’ would be on display from 19 July.
Shivaji Maharaj was coronated at the Raigad Fort on 6 June, 1674 from where he laid the foundation of the Hindavi-swarajya, the self-rule of Hindu people.
Shivaji Maharaj used a ‘bagh-nakh’ to kill Afzal Khan, the general of the Adil Shahi dynasty of the Bijapur sultanate in November 1659 at the Pratapgad Fort in Satara.
The Victoria and Albert Museum has agreed to give it to the state for three years and once it is received it would be on display at the Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum in Satara, Central Museum in Nagpur, Lakshmi Vilas Palace in Kolhapur and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in Mumbai.