Bootleggers are getting tougher than the police, today a set of bootleggers in Karavi village in Belgaum district pelted stones on the raiding party which included the Excise minister M P Renukarcharya as well along with other police and Excise officials. The raiding party was there as they had information that about 50 bootleggers were [...]
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In Belgaum there are two GTS (Great Trigonometrical Survey) benchmarks. The first is housed in the St.Mary’s church premises in camp and the second one is placed at the Circuit House. GTS is the standard is for establishing the elevations of the above mean sea level from a specific reference land surface. This was established [...]
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What is this structure known as? It is Belgaum and from the looks of it, it’s very old. So start replying now. FREEMANSONS HALL or Masonic Hall which is the road after Hotel Greens is what this structure is known as. Masonic Lodge called the “Lodge Victoria No. 363 S.C.” at Belgaum. There are two [...]
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Pu La describes the lively character of KrishnaRao Harihar of Belgaum who is affectionately referred as Rao Saheb taught Marathi at Rani Parvatibai College (RPD) in Belgaum-1946. Pu La- Purshottam Laxman Deshpande the noted Marathi literary who was in Belgaum for a couple of years wrote many books and one famous character was Rao [...]
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Name this monument in Belgaum and also tell where it is situated. No clues this time as it is very simple. Photo Courtesy: Subhash Photos All got it correct it is the Gandhi Smarak next to Shivaji Garden on Shama Prasad Mukherjee road.
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Do you know what this is in Belgaum? See those zig zag roads, to me it looks like a race track, Do you know what this is? Many of are not getting it corect. Clue: Its part of a Govt Dept. Photos: Ravendra S A This was toughest one I had posted I guess. [...]
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Where and what is this construction of? Photos by Team AAB Clue: see the image carefully Most got it Right its the Karnataka Cricket Association international stadium at Kanbargi. It should be ready for practise by December 2009 as the turf wicket is being made ready.
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Where is this in town? This is indeed the Railway Station of Belgaum in which there is this monument type erected which reminds us of the visit of Mahatma Gandhi to our town. This is still [...]
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Not such a good photo but still, it is good as you are not easily allowed to take photos there. Ram Mallaya had been trying to get this photo for over a month and he got this somehow. Not a great click to his standards but, can you name the place? Clue: see at the [...]
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According to election commission statistics, of the total 40,098,823 voters in Karnataka, there are 32,342 defence personnel serving in the Army, Navy and Air Force. Belgaum has the highest number of personnel serving in the three armed forces. Of the 10,937 personnel there, 8,187 are men and 2,750 women. Belgaum is followed by Bagalkot and [...]
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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, commonly known as Swatantryaveer Savarkar was a fearless freedom fighter, social reformer, writer, dramatist, poet, historian, political leader and philosopher. On 04 April 1950 he was arrested and detained in Belgaum jail on the eve of arrival of Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali in Delhi. Source: http://www.savarkar.org
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The INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS held its thirty-ninth session at Belgaum on the 26th & 27th Dec. 1924. Gandhiji was the president of the Congress only on one occasion and the session was held in Belgaum. I just found some 3 rare images of the session from the site www.gandhiserve.org 1- Gandhi at the Volunteers rally [...]
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