Dr sambhaji bhide, gold medallist

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The abusive phone calls to his home continued unabated at all hours, for 21 days straight. It has been over five years, but I vividly remember those harrowing days. In early , a right wing outfit had embarked on a mission in Sangli to build temples to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the Maratha warrior king revered across Maharashtra, particularly in the western region where Sangli is located.

Khandagale wrote an editorial opposing the idea. One of the callers who abused and threatened him was then year-old Rohit Patil. A few of us working with the outfit had been incited to do what we did. I had been brainwashed into being a bigoted, communal person. The organisation that attacked Khandagale was the Shiv Pratishthan Hindustan, which claims to propagate the ideology of Shivaji.

It is founded by Manohar alias Sambhaji Bhide, 87, who wields ominous influence in the state and has been accused of triggering the Bhima Koregaon riots. Every year on 1 January, tens of thousands of Dalit-Bahujan pilgrims gather at the war memorial of Bhima Koregoan, about 40 km from Pune. It commemorates the historic battle won by the British Army, which had a significant contingent of Dalit soldiers, against the Peshwas.

For the Dalit community, the battle signifies their fight against untouchability. Therefore, in , at the th anniversary of the event, the crowd at Bhima Koregaon war memorial was larger than usual.

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However, the gathering was assaulted allegedly by upper caste mobs belonging to right-wing groups. I saw the violence closely. I have mentioned all of that in detail in my complaint.