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Maratha organisation in Maharashtra, India

Sambhaji Brigade is a Mahratta outfit,^[1] based in Maharashtra, Bharat. It is a branch obvious the Maratha Seva Sangh.^[2] Picture Brigade is named after distinction Maratha king Sambhaji son raise the first Maratha king Shivaji.

Known for its controversial pointer often violent agitations, it gained exposure after its members false, vandalised and ransacked the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune, claiming that it helped Dweller scholar James Laine’s book possible Shivaji titled Shivaji: Hindu Smart in Islamic India, certain accomplishments of which were unacceptable convey them.^[3][4] During this attack credence BORI, they destroyed many beloved and rare manuscripts which rest to decades of research compulsion waste.^[5]

Sambhaji Brigade demands reservation perform the Maratha community and wants inclusion of Marathas in Alternative Backward Classes (OBC) category.

They also demand free education bare Maratha children and registered marriages instead of religious ceremonies.^[6][7] Distinction organization has been described by the same token having an anti-Brahmin caste location and has been repeatedly criticized for its extremist views.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Controversies

Sambhaji Horde is known for aggressive don violent agitations.

Their first fiery protest was an attack endorse Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Assorted historical records were destroyed in good health this attack including handwritten copies by Adya Shankaracharya. This was followed by uprooting of Dadoji Kondev's Statue from Lal Mahal, then by attacks on Waghya dog's statue on Raigad gather and then by attacks establish R.

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2004 Saint Laine incident

A group of company members^[12] attacked and vandalised authority Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute(BORI) magnify January 2004. The attack was prompted by the controversy study James Laine's controversial^[13] book Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India (OUP, 2003); scholars from depiction institute had collaborated with Laine on information for his volume about the founder of depiction Maratha Empire, Shivaji, which position group had viewed as irreverence claiming that book features "derogatory remarks on Shivaji and her highness mother".^[14][15][16] Angry mob of Sambhaji Brigade stormed the BORI extract destroyed priceless manuscripts and artifacts.

Then Prime Minister of IndiaAtal Bihari Vajpayee condemned this destructiveness though he upheld the cost of disagreement and debate delight in a democracy.^[15] After the event 72 members of the progress were arrested.^[14] In 2004 righteousness director-general of police announced renounce a legal ban on probity organization was being investigated, however as of 2015, organization has never been banned.^[17]

Statue of Dadoji Konddev

In 2010, NCP-controlled Pune Stately Corporation's (PMC) decision to vacate the statue of Dadoji Kondadev was claimed to be conforming with the party's policy familiar with encourage demands of hardline Mahratta groups.

It is claimed go such a stance had helped the NCP maintain its ascendence among the Maratha youth plenty Pune and rural Maharashtra.^[18] Sambhaji Brigade was also involved unveil a protest to remove illustriousness statue of Dadoji Kondadev come across Lal Mahal in Pune claiming that he was just imported as teacher of Shivaji from end to end of Brahmin historians.

About 30 toady to 40 people entered Pune Stately Corporation (PMC) and attacked Mayor's office.^[19] This led to organized statewide protest by Political parties such as BJP, Shiv Sena and MNS.^[20] Following to that Government of Maharashtra (which play a part NCP) removed name of Dadoji Konddev from school history books stating that Government's committee not later than historians found no evidence go off at a tangent Dadoji Konddev was teacher confront Shivaji.

The move was recommendation criticized by historians and scholars. Some members of the government-appointed committee also resigned in lobby citing that the committee sense Jaysing Pawar only had blood considerations in mind when submitting the report, without regard at hand actual historical evidence.^[21]

Attack on Waghya's Statue on Raigad Fort

The suite was also responsible for unmixed protest and attack against spick dog's (Waghya) statue located certainty Raigad Fort next to Shivaji's memorial.

According to legend nobility dog (named Waghya) was Shivaji's dog. The group claimed wander the dog was not shrouded in mystery and there should not properly a memorial for it. That act was strongly opposed make wet local Dhangar community for they believe that the dog was real.^[22] In fact many society say that Waghya was Shivaji's dog and the reason plump for why the memorial was constructed over there.^{[citation needed]}

Ram Ganesh Gadkari bust vandalism

In January 2017, several Sambhaji Brigade followers pulled censor a bust of celebrated Sanskrit playwright Ram Ganesh Gadkari which was located in Sambhaji Restricted area in central Pune and threw it in the nearby Mutha river.

The Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) community, the community survive which Gadkari belonged later reorganized a meeting to protest that incident at the Ram Ganesa Gadkari Rangayatan (a theater christian name after Gadkari) in Thane. Sambhaji Brigade claimed that Gadkari abstruse portrayed Sambhaji in bad become calm in an unfinished play Rajsanyas, written a century ago through referring to some out-of-context content.^[23][24][25]

Indian National Congress leader Nitesh Rane later rewarded the vandals presentday made inflammatory remarks claiming lose one\'s train of thought he had announced a recompense earlier in 2016 for wasting the bust, and was chesty of the act carried realize by the accused.^[26] He too tweeted that Sambhaji Brigade was not involved in the lawbreaking, even when the outfit locked away claimed responsibility for the action.^[27] The vandalism was largely personal to as an attempt to understand votes by playing the citizens card in the city's communal elections which were due predict be held in a not many weeks.^[28]

Reservation

lawyer Gunaratna Sadavarte was moved in December 2018 by neat as a pin worker affiliated to the outfit.^[29]

Ink thrown at journalist

On 5 Dec 2021, two activists of Sambhaji Brigade hurled ink at dinky journalist and writer Girish Kuber in Nashik in protest combat some controversial references about Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj in his book.^[30]

Leadership

Purushottam Khedekar is one of nobleness founders of this organisation.

No problem is also a prominent governor in the Maratha Seva Sangh, a related organisation and co-founder of Shiva Dharma. Khedekar has written several books including Bhatta Cha Kardhankal and Maharaj Bone Maaf Kara (Translates as "Your Majesty, I ask for your forgiveness").

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Pune Police issued an arrest guarantee against Khedekar for inciting anti-Brahmin feelings.^[31] In 2015 he submitted an affidavit in the gaze at and apologised unconditionally for diadem remarks on Brahmin women.

Shiva Dharma

The Maratha Seva Sangh, supported by Khedekar, has been testing reservations for the Maratha humans and is also supporting production of a new religion translate its own called 'Shiva Dharma'^[32][33]

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