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MPSC Rajyaseva 2016 GS Paper 1 — Question 6

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पुणे येथे _______ उत्सव साजरा केल्यावर दहा दिवसच पुण्याचे कलेक्टर श्री. रँड व दुसऱ्या अधिकाऱ्याची, सरकारी घरातून परत येताना गोळ्या झाडून हत्या करण्यात आली. Within ten days of the _______ festival held at Poona, Mr. Rand, the Collector of Poona and another officer were shot dead while returning from the Government House.

a)शिवाजी / Shivaji✓ Correct
b)गणपती / Ganapati
c)दुर्गा / Durga
d)नवरत्री / Navratri

Damodar Chapekar and Balkrishna Chapekar assassinated British officer W. R. Rand in Pune in 1897, shortly after the Shivaji Coronation festival celebrations organized by Tilak.

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Directly related to the revolutionary history of Pune, Maharashtra.

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