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19 February. 

Death A painting from the 1920s depicts  Shivaji  mortally wounding Afzal Khan It was agreed that the leaders would be unarmed, and each man would bring an envoy and two armed bodyguards: one would be a swordsman and another an  archer . Afzal Khan's companions included Sayyid Banda, a distinguished military man. [9] Shivaji, forewarned, wore armour under his clothes and a steel helmet under his turban. He carried a weapon called  wagh nakh  ("tiger claws"), consisting of an iron finger-grip with four razor claws, which he concealed within his clenched fist. He also carried a  stiletto -like thin dagger called the  bichu  or  Bichawa  (scorpion). He was accompanied by his bodyguards Jiva Mahala and Sambhaji Kavji. [10] At the start of the meeting Afzal Khan graciously embraced Shivaji as per custom. [2]  According to the Maratha chronicles, he then suddenly tightened his clasp, gripped Shivaji's neck in his left arm...

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The most important king of india shivaji maharaj.