Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:18am on 01 Oct 2023,Sunday India
Maharashtra's Cultural Affairs Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar travels to London on October 1 to sign an agreement and bring back the legendary 'Wagh Nakha', the knuckle duster weapon used by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, from Victoria and Albert Museum on a 3-year loan. The 17th century Maratha king is said to have used the 'Tiger Claws' to kill Afzal Khan. On Sunday, Mungantiwar travels to London after paying tribute to Shivaji's statue at Mumbai airport. On October 3, he will meet the London museum's director to sign the MoU to bring back the historic wartime weapon on the 350th anniversary of Shivaji's coronation.
