Shivaji festival

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The Shivaji festival is a public celebration in honor of the Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji that was popularized as a tool for political awakening and nationalist mobilization in colonial India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commemorative celebration
nationalist festival
political festival
public festival
associatedWith Hindu nationalism
Indian nationalism
Maratha
surface form: Maratha community
commemorates founding of the Maratha kingdom
life of Chhatrapati Shivaji
military achievements of Shivaji
country India
culturalSignificance symbol of Maratha identity
symbol of regional pride in Maharashtra
developedIn Bombay Presidency
Maharashtra region
historicalContext early 20th century India
late 19th century India
honors Shivaji
surface form: Chhatrapati Shivaji

Shivaji
surface form: Maratha ruler Shivaji
ideologicalRole construction of Shivaji as a national hero
mobilization of lower and middle classes
promotion of anti-colonial sentiment
includes historical plays
patriotic songs
processions
public speeches
ritual worship of Shivaji images
languageOfCulturalContext Marathi language
surface form: Marathi
locatedIn colonial India
namedAfter Shivaji
surface form: Chhatrapati Shivaji
organisedAs mass gathering
public celebration
politicalSignificance instrument of nationalist mobilization against British rule
tool for political awakening in colonial India
relatedTo Ganesh Chaturthi
surface form: Ganesh festival

public Ganesh Utsav
subjectOf research on political use of festivals in India
studies on Indian nationalism
symbolizes resistance to British colonial rule
resistance to Mughal rule
theme Hindu kingship
Maratha pride
heroic resistance to foreign rule
typeOf civic ritual
political ritual
usedFor anti-colonial politics
mass mobilization
nationalist mobilization
political awakening

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak knownFor Shivaji festival