Thousands of people gathered on Wednesday at Bhima Koregaon village in Pune district to mark the 207th anniversary of the historic Bhima-Koregaon at the battle obelisk (Vijay Stambha) memorial.

MUMBAI: A special NIA court last week rejected the temporary bail plea filed by activist Rona Wilson, who is lodged at the Taloja central jail in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case.

The Battle of Bhima Koregaon was fought on 1 January 1818 between the British East India Company and the Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy, at Koregaon Bhima.

In 1818 around five hundred Mahar Dalit soldiers who were part of the British army defeated their Peshwa oppressors despite being largely outnumbered in battle The Battle of Bhima Koregaon is ...