No, Shahu Ji Maharaj’s birth date is not July 26: Ram Naik tells Akhilesh govt

The issue was brought to the knowledge of the Governor during an event organised at King George’s Medical University to mark the birth anniversary of the social reformer on July 26 this year.

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Sources informed that later Governor Naik found out that even government records in the state are carrying the wrong date of birth of Shahu Ji Maharaj. Following this, Governor Naik wrote a letter to the Maharastra government seeking details of historical evidence in this regard.

The Governor House received a written reply by Maharashtra’s minister for Marathi language and Culture Vinod Tandave on December 15, which stated that in 2005, a committee consisting historians and writers was formed to find out the date of birth of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj based on available documents.

On June 15, 2006, the committee zeroed in on June 26, 1874 as the actual date of birth of the Dalit reformer, the letter read.