Golden archives of new papers
Vishvesh Kakkeri shared these golden archives of news papers of 1915 and 1939. Swatantra published on 12th Aug 1939 which was published each Saturday, it was priced at half anna. ...
Literary Landmarks
by Sameer Majali. Literature seems to be a thing of the past. It’s been ages since the educated population boasted of reading as a habit. With the advent of moving images in the form of cinema and television, the private corner of personal...
Swami Vivekananda and his Belgaum visit
On 15 to 27 October 1892 Swami Vivekananda had come to Belgaum and he resided for 9 days. The said house is in the fort where the Ramkrishna ashrama is situated. At Belgaum, he was the guest of Prof. G.S. Bhate and Sub-divisional Forest...
Kittur Rani Chennamma’s birth place was Kakti fort
Kakati (on NH 4 towards Kolhapur) was the place where Kittur Rani Chennamma was born and grew up, has become nothing more than a name from the past and continues to face callous neglect. Kittur Rani Chennamma was born on 23 October...
Commandos from Belgaum were sent to East Pakistan border in 1971
Brigadier (then Major) SS Kanbargimath said that the Indian Commandos based in Belgaum were sent to East Pakistan border to train the Mukti Bahini before the war. He said that they had formed small units of Mukti Bahini and these units on...
Forts in and around Belgaum
A 1955 map shows all the forts near Belgaum. with inputs from Bramhanand Chipre and Aziz Hafiz Belgaum Fort Map Location : http://goo.gl/maps/kr8v Coordinates: 15°51’29″N 74°31’27″E The Belgaum Fort is...
History of Belgaum On sale Any body interested
A Nation, a City is known by its history and the history of Belgaum is on Sale at Ebay. Old photographs most of them taken by S Mahadeo and Sons which are in the form of vintage cards are on sale on Eaby website. Not many must have had a...
IT Belgaum
