Mumbai, Aug. 16 -- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today expressed a positive view on a proposal to prominently and respectfully display the names of all 106 martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the creation of Samyukta Maharashtra on the facade of the new administrative building of Air India, recently taken over by the state government.

Fadnavis has directed the state's Chief Secretary to take necessary action in this regard.

State Cultural Affairs Minister Adv. Ashish Shelar had written to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking that the names of the 106 martyrs be prominently displayed at the new administrative building. In his letter, Shelar noted that 106 protesters had laid down their lives during the historic movement for the f...