Editing Shivaji (section)

== Commemorations ==
Statues of Shivaji are found in every [[Tehsil|taluka]] in Maharashtra<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khapre |first=Shubhangi |date=2024-08-30 |title=In Maharashtra, everybody loves a Shivaji statue |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/in-maharashtra-everybody-loves-a-shivaji-statue-9540926/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240830040804/https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/in-maharashtra-everybody-loves-a-shivaji-statue-9540926/ |archive-date=2024-08-30 |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Nath |first=Dipanita |date=2022-02-19 |title=Shiv Jayanti Special: The story behind world's first equestrian statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in Pune |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/shiv-jayanti-chhatrapati-shivaji-statue-pune-7781082/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240827175018/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/shiv-jayanti-chhatrapati-shivaji-statue-pune-7781082/ |archive-date=2024-08-27 |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> as well as in many places across India, including Mumbai,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Aroosa |date=2017-08-11 |title=Mumbai to get sixth Shivaji statue outside CST |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-to-get-sixth-shivaji-statue-outside-cst/ |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref> [[Pune]],<ref name=":8" /> [[New Delhi]],<ref>{{cite web |date=29 April 2003 |title=Kalam unveils Shivaji statue |url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/04/29/stories/2003042907691200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928043424/http://www.hindu.com/2003/04/29/stories/2003042907691200.htm |archive-date=28 September 2013 |access-date=17 September 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> [[Surat]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Saiyed |first=Kamaal |date=2012-07-15 |title=Modi unveils Shivaji statue at Limbayat |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/modi-unveils-shivaji-statue-at-limbayat/974660 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031192820/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/modi-unveils-shivaji-statue-at-limbayat/974660 |archive-date=2013-10-31 |access-date=17 September 2012 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref> and [[Yellur, Belgaum|Yellur]].<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2023-03-05 |title=Descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj again unveils statue at Rajhansgad Fort |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/descendant-of-chhatrapati-shivaji-maharaj-again-unveils-statue-at-rajhansgad-fort/article66584315.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305173738/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/descendant-of-chhatrapati-shivaji-maharaj-again-unveils-statue-at-rajhansgad-fort/article66584315.ece |archive-date=2023-03-05 |access-date=2024-11-19 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> There are also statues outside of India including in [[San Jose, California]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Campbell |first=Justin |date=2023-02-10 |title=San Jose statue depicting heroic Indian ruler found after being stolen |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/san-jose-statue-depicting-heroic-indian-ruler-found-after-being-stolen/ |work=KRON4}}</ref> and [[Mauritius]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deshpande |first=Abhinay |date=2023-04-28 |title=Fadnavis unveils Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue in Mauritius |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/fadnavis-unveils-chhatrapati-shivaji-maharajs-statue-in-mauritius/article66790571.ece |access-date=2024-11-19 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

[[File:Killa, Konavade.jpg|thumb|A replica of [[Raigad Fort]] built by children on occasion of Diwali as a tribute to Shivaji.]]

Several Mumbai landmarks were renamed for Shivaji in the 1990s, around the same time that Bombay was renamed Mumbai.<ref name="DNATakeHomeArticle">{{cite web |title=Now, you can take museum relics home from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-now-you-can-take-museum-relics-home-from-chhatrapati-shivaji-maharaj-vastu-sangrahalaya-1890382 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816205604/http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-now-you-can-take-museum-relics-home-from-chhatrapati-shivaji-maharaj-vastu-sangrahalaya-1890382 |archive-date=16 August 2017 |access-date=30 June 2015 |website=www.dnaindia.com |publisher=Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.}}</ref> The Prince of Wales Museum, which is devoted to Indian history, was renamed [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya]].<ref name="DNATakeHomeArticle" /> Victoria Terminus, Mumbai's main railway station and the headquarters of the [[Central Railway zone]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-20 |title=Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Chhatrapati-Shivaji-Terminus |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> was initially renamed [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus]] and later renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.<ref name="railway-station-rename">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |date=2017 |title=Mumbai Railway station renamed to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbai-railway-station-renamed-to-chhatrapati-shivaji-maharaj-terminus/articleshow/59390999.cms |access-date=14 January 2018 |newspaper=Times of India |issue=30 June}}</ref> Similarly, Mumbai's busiest airport, Sahar International Airport, was first renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport and further renamed to [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-30 |title=Mumbai airport renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji 'Maharaj' International Airport |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mumbai-airport-chhatrapati-shivaji-maharaj-international-airport-5333252/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

Other commemorations include the Indian Navy's [[INS Shivaji]] station<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/training/navy-training/ins-shivaji-engineering-training-establishment |title=INS Shivaji (Engineering Training Establishment) : Training |publisher=Indian Navy |access-date=17 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718031536/http://indiannavy.nic.in/training/navy-training/ins-shivaji-engineering-training-establishment |archive-date=18 July 2012 }}</ref> and numerous [[postage stamp]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Paper/Watermarked%20paper/CHHATRAPATI%20SHIVAJI%20MAHARAJ |title=Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj |publisher=Indianpost.com |date=21 April 1980 |access-date=17 September 2012}}</ref> In 2022, the Indian prime minister unveiled the new ensign of the [[Indian Navy]], which was inspired by the seal of Shivaji.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 September 2022 |title=Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils Indian Navy's new ensign |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/prime-minister-narendra-modi-unveils-indian-navys-new-ensign/article65839843.ece |access-date=9 August 2023 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In Maharashtra, there has been a long tradition of children building replica forts with toy soldiers and other figures during the festival of [[Diwali]], in memory of Shivaji.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Shivaji-killas-express-pure-reverence/articleshow/6837729.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104080547/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-29/pune/28232881_1_forts-historian-ninad-bedekar-diyas | url-status=live | archive-date=4 November 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Shivaji killas express pure reverence | date=29 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Laine |first=James W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__pQEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA4 |title=Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India |year=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-972643-1 |language=en}}</ref>

A proposal to build a giant memorial called [[Shiv Smarak]] was approved in 2016; the memorial is to be located near Mumbai on a small island in the Arabian Sea. It will be {{convert|210|m}} tall, which will make it the [[List of tallest statues|world's tallest statue]] when completed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/india-now-boasts-world-apos-190059518.html |title=India Now Boasts The World's Tallest Statue, And It's Twice Lady Liberty's Size |work=[[Huffington Post]] |via=[[Yahoo! News]] |author=Nina Golgowski |date=31 October 2018 |access-date=31 October 2018}}</ref> As of August 2021, the project has been stalled since January 2019, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]]. Only the [[bathymetry]] survey has been completed, while the [[Geotechnical investigation|geotechnical survey]] was underway. Consequently, the state public works department proposed extending the completion date by a year, from 18 October 2021 to 18 October 2022.<ref name=connect2>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/contract-for-shivaji-memorial-project-pwd-proposes-extension-of-one-year-to-firm-without-cost-escalation-7466001/ |title= Contract for Shivaji Memorial Project, PWD proposes extension of one year to firm without cost escalation  |website= indianexpress.com |date=23 August 2021 |accessdate=6 December 2021}}</ref>