On Wednesday, nineteenth October 2022, the Gujarat High Court directed that the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) decide a couple of illustration made by a minority group difficult the renaming of a residential colony from “Afzal Khan No Tekro” to “Shivaji No Tekro” in Ahmedabad. On October 14, the AMC’s city planning committee put up a proposal to change the identify to “Shivaji No Tekro” and despatched it to the Standing Committee for approval. The committee will maintain a gathering on Thursday.
However, Ahmedabad Sunni Muslim Waqf Committee objected to the identify change of the realm in a letter to AMC, claiming that the realm exists for the final 400–500 years. The petitioner Waqf is the proprietor of the three,116 sq. m. property in Sarangpur that’s situated reverse the New Cloth Market. Additionally, the location features a graveyard, a Pir Afzal Khan mosque, and a Pir Afzal Khan “dargah.” According to the Waqf petition, the mosque and “dargah” have necessary historic significance and had been constructed 400–500 years in the past.
Additionally, it was mentioned that there are hutments and buildings bordering the mosque and “dargah” that belong to each the Muslim and Hindu populations, a few of whom are encroachers and others being Waqf tenants. The petition claimed that the land owned by the Waqf is well-known as “Afzal Khan No Tekro” for a very long time. The plea claimed that with out offering it with a listening to likelihood, the AMC committee decided to rename the locality that was illegitimate and unconstitutional.
However, the petitioner acknowledged on the court docket listening to that the problem raised within the petition could also be resolved if the company decides in accordance with its illustration after taking into consideration all related components. Ultimately, the court docket rejected the request and ordered the AMC to make a fast determination concerning the Waqf committee’s argument inside per week.
Is this the identical Afzal Khan whom Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj killed?
However, it’s not ascertained within the experiences if the Pir Afzal Khan quoted within the petition is similar because the one killed by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj or if some self-identified Sufi saint has mushroomed alongside together with his Mazar. Also, the Waqf board is claiming that the mosque on the location dates again virtually 500 years which is earlier than Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in time. But, apparently, the objection to the identify ‘Shivaji no Tekro’ is barely as a result of the Hindu king had killed Adilshaha’s commander Afzal Khan with the enduring weapon of hand fight – the claws on tenth November 1659.
This Afzal Khan by no means visited Ahmedabad. However, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj raided Surat – then ruled not directly by the Mughals – twice to lift funds for the Hindu Swarajya. Naming some areas in Ahmedabad after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is at the very least price contemplating because the King foresaw the growth of the Swarajya, however the tyrant Afzal Khan by no means visited Ahmedabad. For all sensible functions, Afzal Khan has nothing to do with Indian tradition and civilization basically and Gujarat and Ahmedabad particularly.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj killed ‘an Afzal Khan’ within the battle of Pratapgad
On tenth November 1659, the Battle of Pratapgad was fought between the forces of the Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Adilshahi normal Afzal Khan, close to the city of Satara, Maharashtra, the place the Marathas emerged victorious regardless of the numbers not being of their favor. It led to the eventual institution of the fantastic Maratha empire. In 1657, Aurangzeb, the Mughal chief with a coronary heart of gold as described by so-called liberals, determined to depart the Deccan and march northward. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, in his bid to develop his Maratha empire, began successful over Konkan and different Adilshahi kingdoms.
Afzal Khan, the commander of the Adilshahi dynasty in Bijapur Sultanate, presently in Karnataka, took it upon himself to cease the forces of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He had earlier killed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s brother, Sambhaji Shahaji Bhosale, by way of treachery when he was simply 33. Khan began destroying temples (not shocking). Khan’s technique was to convey Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in open within the Deccan plains in opposition to the rocky plateau the place Shivaji had a bonus, and overpower him since they outnumbered the Marathas.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj despatched out an emissary to Khan that he didn’t wish to struggle and needed peace. Khan and Shivaji met on the foothills of Pratapgad. They had determined to satisfy unarmed with simply 10 bodyguards every, who would keep inside an arrow’s distance from the 2 males. A towering determine, Khan hugged Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, however in a treacherous transfer, tried to kill him with a sword. However, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj had come armed as properly and the pressure was repelled by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s armor which was beneath his garments. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, who had hid a bagh nakh (curved blades mounted to a crossbar similar to claws) and disemboweled Khan once they embraced within the tent.
Bagh Nakh used to kill Afzal Khan
Hand-to-hand fight ensued by which the Marathas, although having been outnumbered by Adilshahi forces, emerged victorious. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was attacked by Sayyed Banda, Afzal’s bodyguard, however his trusted bodyguard Jiva Mahala got here to the rescue, reducing him down, and saving Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s life. Such is the story of the valor and braveness of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that the Hindu king is revered throughout India. No marvel the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation selected his identify over that of Afzal Khan to call a residential colony within the metropolis.