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Shivaji Maharaj's 91-foot tall statue unveiled in Malvan nine months after collapse incident
Millennium Post Delhi
|New Delhi 12May2025
Nearly nine months after the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj collapsed at the Rajkot Fort in Maharashtra's coastal Sindhudurg district, a new 91-feet-tall statue of the warrior king was unveiled at the same site on Sunday.
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The previous 35-foot statue had collapsed in August last year, less than eight months after its installation, leading to a widespread outrage against the government. That statue had been unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 4 in 2023 during the Navy Day celebrations. The collapse led to the arrest of its sculptor-contractor Jaydeep Apte.
This story is from the New Delhi 12May2025 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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