sending Afzal Khan. They met at Pratapgad, where Shivaji, suspecting treachery, killed Khan with his famous wagh nakh (tiger claw). Maratha forces then decisively defeated the Bijapur army.

When Afzal Khan, a general of the Bijapur Sultanate, was killed, Shivaji ordered that his grave be prepared with respect near the fort Pratapgad. That’s the nugget of history Union minister ...