Venkaiah Naidu, Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi pay tributes to Chhatrapati Shivaji

February 19 is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi paid tributes to Chhatrapati Shivaji on his birth anniversary on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Shivaji on Twitter. (PTI File Photo)

Naidu described Shivaji as “one of India’s greatest king warriors” and hailed him for his valour, warfare strategies, administrative skills, progressive outlook and respect for women.

Gandhi paid his tributes to Shivaji in a message in Marathi on the social networking site.

King Shivaji, known as the creator of the Maratha empire, was born on this day in 1630 at Shivneri Fort in Pune as per the Maharashtra government.