Kar nataka : Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was a Kannadiga , claims Dy CM Govind Karjol
Kar nataka : Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was a Kannadiga , claims Dy CM Govind Karjol
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Mumbai: The ongoing war of words between Maharashtra and Karnataka ministers on the long-pending border dispute between the two neighbours took a new twist on Sunday after Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol claimed that the ancestors of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj were originally from Karnataka. He further said that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was also a Kannadiga.
Karjol, who was in Belagavi, which has a majority of Marathi-speaking population, lashed out at Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, saying that he had not read history. ââSo, they donât know history. The forefathers of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj are from Soratur village in Gadag district of Karnataka. Their âMul Purushâ is Beliappa, who went to Maharashtra because of the drought i