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The Bhavani Talwar (Sword): Help Locate It.

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

A guest from India informed me that he wanted to see Shivaji’s Sword and that perhaps it was displayed at a London museum.

As I had no information of the sword, nor had heard of it, I researched the net and found a succinct summary:

“Bhavani Talwar i.e. Sword of Chatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhonsale of Maratha Kingdom, India.

One of the sword of Shivaji Maharaj is now in London, in Royal Collection Trust of Royal family of Britain. This sword was presented by Shivaji IV of Kolhapur to Prince of Wales in 1875 AD.”

Hence, I thought it may be in the Royal Collection which is held in trust by the Queen of England and hence I contacted her staff in an attempt to locate the sword.

The reply I was received that the sword was not in the Royal Collection and that when asked if they could help locate it I was informed that did not have more information.

So, can you please help locate this sword. I understand that I probably won’t be able to locate it to give the guest a viewing this time, but it would be interesting anyway to try to locate the sword.

Any information as to the sword’s whereabouts would be appreciated in the comments section below.

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  1. I have 5 Comments to the above Post:

  2. Comment By vivek kale , karad(mah.) at 5:52am on Dec 9, 2010 (GMT/UTC)

    I am from a maratha family from Satara (mahashtra,india).It is a hometown for shivaji’s direct descendant.The 13th direct descendant Udanyanraje Bhosale says and believe’s that BHAWANI sword is still with his family .

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  3. Comment By Bharat Karavadra at 4:28pm on Dec 9, 2010 (GMT/UTC)

    Hi Vivek,

    Thank you for your feedback. It is very appreciated.

    Would it be possible to arrange a viewing of the Bhawani Sword by people who appreciate its existence?

    I would appreciate your reply. Thank you.

    Bharat

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  4. Comment By bprao at 9:31am on Apr 19, 2011 (GMT/UTC)

    Hi Vivek, canyou give me exact information, where the shivaji’s sword is

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  5. Comment By pritesh shinde at 9:42am on Jul 14, 2011 (GMT/UTC)

    iam in search of the bhavani talwar,iam frm a maratha famil of gwalior but from last 200 yrs our shinde family is setteled in nashik
    jay maharashtra

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  6. Comment By Sudhir Pednekar at 4:12pm on Sep 11, 2011 (GMT/UTC)

    I am from Kolhapur and know the Royal family through my father, he was a co-student of Maharaja of Kolhapur at Rajaram College.
    We visited London in 1970 and seen the Bhawani Talwar. My comment to my father was “How Shivaji could lift such a heavy talwar”.
    I think BM is scared and is hiding the fact that they have it!!

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