NCP Supremo Sharad Pawar, on 2 January 2018 condemned the clashes and violence at the memorial in Maharashtra on the 200th anniversary of the Bhima Koregaon Battle. The Battle which took place in January 1818, saw the British East India Company, leading regiments of Mahar dalit soldiers to defeat the ruling Peshwas in a 12-hour battle at Koregaon Bhima. The battle is considered a point of pride for many dalit thinkers, writers, and activists, who consider it a triumph of the dalits over the higher castes.

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