Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said that the state government would set up a memorial of legendary social icons Shahu Maharaj and Babasaheb Ambedkar in Mangaon in Raigad district in Maharashtra, reported the PTI.

According to the news agency, while speaking at a state-level gathering for social justice in Mumbai, CM Eknath Shinde said that his government idolises Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj who built an empire that focused on welfare of all, while Shahu Maharaj and Babasaheb Ambedkar carried forward the work to bring several communities into the mainstream.