Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's 'wagh nakh,' currently on display in the UK's Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), is set to return to India as UK officials have consented to release it to India.
Sudhir Mungantiwar, Maharashtra's Cultural Affairs Minister, is expected t visit London later this month to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Victoria and Albert Museum.
It is believed that the weapon was wielded by Shivaji in 1659. The Maratha chieftain is said to have used the wagh nakh, an iron weapon curved like tiger claws, to kill Bijapur sultanate general Afzal Khan.
Mungantiwar told ANI that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's wagh nakh will be brought to the country in November, after a memorandum of understanding is signed in London in October.