Maratha king Shivaji was Kannadiga , claims DCM Govind Karjol
Mon, Feb 01 2021 08:06:35 AM
Belagavi, Feb 1 (IANS): Slamming Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackrey for raking up the inter-state border row, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol on Sunday claimed that the Maratha king Chhatrapti Shivaji was a Kannadiga . Thackrey does not know history. Shivaji s forefather Belliyappa was a Kannadiga from Soratur in Karnataka s Gadag district. When drought struck Gadag, he (Belliyappa) migrated to Maharashtra, and Shivaji was the fourth generation of his family, Karjol told reporters in Karnataka s Belagavi.
At a book launch on the border dispute between the two states in Mumbai on January 27, Thackeray said areas dominated by Marathi-speaking people in Karnataka like Belagavi, Karwar and Nippani should be declared as the Union Territory till the Supreme Court gave its final verdict in the decades old case.
Maratha king Shivaji was ‘Kannadiga’, claims Karnataka Deputy CM
By IANS| Published: 31st January 2021 11:46 pm IST
Belagavi, Jan 31 : Slamming Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackrey for raking up the inter-state border row, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol on Sunday claimed that the Maratha king Chhatrapti Shivaji was a ‘Kannadiga’.
“Thackrey does not know history. Shivaji’s forefather Belliyappa was a Kannadiga from Soratur in Karnataka’s Gadag district. When drought struck Gadag, he (Belliyappa) migrated to Maharashtra, and Shivaji was the fourth generation of his family,” Karjol told reporters in Karnataka’s Belagavi.
At a book launch on the border dispute between the two states in Mumbai on January 27, Thackeray said areas dominated by Marathi-speaking people in Karnataka like Belagavi, Karwar and Nippani should be declared as the ‘Union Territory’ till the Supreme Court gave its final verdict in the decades old case.