Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj should not be restricted to Maharashtra and every Indian should be taught about the founder of the Maratha Empire, who epitomised service to the motherland and good governance.
On the death anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Union Minister Shah said, “Shivaji’s story should be taught to every Indian. It should be taught to every child. Do not limit Shivaji Maharaj to Maharashtra. The country and the world are taking inspiration from him.” He further said, “The pride of one’s religion, the aspiration for self-rule and making one’s language immortal, these are three ideas which are not related to the boundaries of the country, but to the self-respect of human life. When the invaders took power over us, they created a mentality of slavery. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj presented these three basic characters of self-respect to the whole world.”
Union Minister Shah said: “Rajmata Jijau instilled good values in the mind of young Shivaji. She also inspired him to restore Swaraj, Swadharma and language. She gave Shivaji the idea of uniting and liberating the whole country as a child. Jijau Maa Saheb also inspired Shivaji Maharaj to establish Hindavi Swarajya. That is why I am bowing to Maa Saheb. It is the responsibility of all of us that every child of India should read Shivaji Charitra and learn from it.”
The Union Minister said, “I have come after many years. I cannot express in words the feelings I had in my heart while bowing to the throne. The one who instilled the desire to die for Swadharma, Swarajya, I am standing here and cannot express it in words.” Remembering the great leader, he said, “From Attock to Cuttack and Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and other places, the whole country saw the dream of Swarajya coming true.”
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The Union Minister said, “A 12-year-old boy had taken an oath to hoist the saffron flag from Sindhu to Kanyakumari. I have read the biographies of many heroes, but with indomitable will, great strategy and by bringing together all the people of the society to make this strategy successful, he created an undefeated army. He had nothing to do with the past, heritage, yet he destroyed the Mughal Empire. He went to Cuttack. He went to Bengal. He went to Karnataka in the south. Then people felt that now the country will become independent. The country was saved, the language was saved. Today after independence, we stand proud in the world.” He said, “The consciousness created by Shivaji Maharaj became the carrier of ‘Hindavi Swabhiman’. Today the resolve of Hindavi Swaraj has become so strong that the country can take a pledge that when India completes 100 years of independence, it will be the first in the world.”
