Explanation:

The Supreme Court in 2010 upheld an order of the Bombay High Court to lift a four-yearold ban imposed by the Maharashtra government on publication and circulation of a controversial book, authored by American scholar James Laine "Shivaji – The Hindu King in Muslim India". Shivaji is a well-known hero in western India. He defied Mughal power in the seventeenth century, established an independent kingdom.