Overview
- The Pune district collector reported about seven lakh visitors at Perne village, with no untoward incidents during the 208th anniversary observance.
- Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar offered floral tributes at the memorial, with Pawar praising the on-ground arrangements.
- Authorities deployed extra police, traffic diversions, door-frame metal detectors, CCTV and drones, alongside free buses, water tankers, medical support, fire tenders and ambulances.
- A pickup tempo carrying attendees overturned near Alandi en route to Perne Phata, injuring roughly 15 people who were hospitalized, with no fatalities reported.
- The Jay Stambh commemorates the 1818 battle in which British forces that included Mahar soldiers defeated Peshwa Bajirao II’s troops, a legacy that informs today’s tightly managed gatherings after 2018’s violence.