MUMBAI: After altering the name of Ahmednagar city along with the district as Ahilyanagar, Aurangabad to Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad city as Dharashiv, there is a need for relabeling
Alibag
‘s name as
Maynak Nagri
Assembly Speaker
Rahul Narwekar
has actually composed to
CM Eknath Shinde
requiring that the popular beach town’s name be altered to Maynak Nagri in memory of a
Maratha admiral
Maynak Bhandari.
“Sea forts and Maratha navy played a crucial function in safeguarding Swarajya from foreign intrusions. The fort at Khanderi-Underi harbor at Alibag and the expertise of Maynak Bhandari … the bitter battle he raised required the British to pull back. Taking historic recommendation to this task of Maynak Bhandari in the facility of Swarajya and associated history, the taluka together with Alibag city need to be called as “Maynak Nagri” and a grand monolith of Maynak Bhandari need to be put up in Alibag city,” Narwekar has actually stated in his letter to CM Shinde.
“Alibag is thought to have actually been called after a rich Jewish merchant called Ali/ Elli who dug lots of wells in the location resulting in the town’s success. Maynak Bhandari was among the earliest admirals of the Maratha Navy under Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He assisted record the neighboring island of Khanderi on which the Marathas developed a splendid sea fort. His cenotaph still endures in the town of Bhatye near Ratnagiri. Fantastic heroes must be celebrated however not at the expenditure of eliminating the history of this area,” stated Bharat Gothoskar, Founder of Khaki Heritage Foundation and city chronicler.
Maynak Bhandari assisted in both constructing the Maratha Navy and protecting the shoreline of the emerging Maratha Empire. It was under his management that the Maratha navy won the fight near Alibag versus British and Dutch soldiers. Alibag is a local council in Raigad district and head office of the Raigad district south of Mumbai.
Authorities stated that a delegation led by All India Bhandari Federation President Navinchandra Bandivadekar and workplace bearers Prakash Kambli, Vaibhav Tari and Shashank Patkar had actually made the need to Narwekar.