<span style="color: #222222;">In Maharashtra, thousands of people on Tuesday visited the 'Jaystambh' – memorial of victory – in Koregaon Bhima village, about 30 km northeast of Pune. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ahead of an event, mainly attended by Dalits, to mark the anniversary of the 1818 battle between the British and the Peshwas. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Pune rural police and the district administration stepped up security to avoid the repeat of last year's violence when one was killed and several injured following caste clashes. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Police check posts have been set up along the border of Pune district.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Majority of the visitors, mainly youths, reached Koregaon today from the Vidarbha and the Marathwada regions of the state and paid tribute at the memorial.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, was among the first politicians to offer his tribute at the 'Jay Stambh' this morning.</span><br />