The ‘wagh nakh,’ a tiger-claw-shaped dagger that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj used to assassinate Bijapur Sultanate general Afzal Khan in 1659, will be returned by the UK authorities. Later this month, State Minister for Cultural Affairs Sudhir Mungantiwar will travel to London’s Victoria and Albert Museum to formally seal the return by signing MoU. If all goes as planned, the legendary ‘wagh nakh’ might return home this year. “The UK authorities have consented to return Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's wagh nakh to us, according to a letter we received from them. As per the Hindu calendar, we might get it back before the commemoration of the day that Shivaji killed Afzal Khan.” The Times of India quoted Mungantiwar as saying that “some othe

Author-Gopi Shah