NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar has accused communal groups of attempting to rewrite the history of sacrifice at Koregaon Bhima in Pune, Maharashtra. Speaking at an event on Monday, Pawar stated that the 1818 battle of Koregaon Bhima, in which a British army led by Dalits destroyed the Peshwas, is historically significant, but some parties are attempting to denigrate it.

Violence erupted following the Elgar Parishad event on December 31, 2017, which was scheduled to commemorate the fight. In 2018, the Maharashtra government set up the Koregaon Bhima Inquiry Commission to probe the tragedy.