00:00 The weapon used by Chetrapati Shivaji Maharaj is returning to India.
00:04 At present, in London, in Victoria and Albert's Museum,
00:07 there is a weapon called Vagnak,
00:09 which is 750 years old and is being used to mark the 350th anniversary of Shivaji's death.
00:14 The government of India has brought it from London.
00:17 It has been exhibited here for three years.
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00:31 The Minister of Cultural Affairs of Maharashtra, Sathir Munganti,
00:37 has signed a contract with the museum in London.
00:40 Historians say that in the war of 1659,
00:42 the commander of the Bijapur army, Afzal Khan, was killed by this weapon.
00:48 After that, in 1918, the weapon was handed over to the East India Company,
00:53 and the president, James Grandhoff, was appointed to the Sathara Street.
00:57 It is said that the weapon reached the V&A Museum with its heirs.
01:01 This news was reported by London Victoria and Albert's Museum.
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