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13/11/22 21:58 PM IST

Afzal Khan tomb case

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  • The Supreme Court sought reports on the demolition drive around Afzal Khan’s tomb from Maharashtra’s Satara district administration.
About Afzal Khan
  • He was a general who served the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur Sultanate in India and played an important role in its southern expansion by subjugating the Nayaka chiefs who had taken control of the former Vijayanagara territory.
  • In 1659, the Bijapur government sent Afzal Khan to subjugate Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, where he was defeated and killed at the Battle of Pratapgad (near Satara).
  • Adil Shah dynasty was founded by Yusuf Adil Shah, that ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur, centred around present-day Bijapur district, Karnataka from 1489 to 1686, when it was eventually conquered by Emperor Aurangzeb and was integrated into the Mughal Empire.
Source- India Today 

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