CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -An equestrian statue of Peshwa Baji Rao I, Prime Minister of the Maratha Empire, in the Shaniwar Wada complex.

Detailed explanation-2: -Initially he assigned the making of the statue to the renowned sculptor Rao Bahadur Mhatre and the Job of making four historical plaques was assigned to young and upcoming sculptor Nanasaheb Karmarkar.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled a tall statue of great Maratha warrior Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Pune, Maharashtra. The Statue is made up of 1, 850 kg of gunmetal and is about 9.5-feet tall.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shivaji died around 3–5 April 1680 at the age of 50, on the eve of Hanuman Jayanti. The cause of Shivaji’s death is disputed. British records states that Shivaji died of bloody flux being sick for 12 days.