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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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
View PostChhagan Bhujbal was the gutsy fellow and had unfurled the saffron flag at Belgaum, where he had gone in disguise, while being the Mayor of Mumbai in 1985. He had masqueraded as Sheikh Al Bhujbal to enter Belgaum and spent a month in jail later. Source : http://www.india-today.com/itoday/19991115/states.html http://bignews.big927fm.com/big_news_detail.asp?nid=37106&subcatid=1&catid=1&selcity=12
View PostGen.Munro attacked Belgaum and took it from the Peshwas on 20-03-1818 & after 22 days of resistance, the Belgaum fort fell on 12-04-1818. Belgaum was included in the Dharwad collectorate but a separate Belgaum collectorate was made in 1836. Ravenscroft took charge on May 3 as the new collector of Belgaum. In 1838, Belgaum was [...]
View PostDid you know this? I am starting a new series on this blog. Did you know this? We still do not know so many things. This is an effort to know it. If any of you have some interesting info kindly, send it to [email protected] Information shared by Brmhananad Chipre: http://kamalbasti.blogspot.com/ In Basvan Galli there [...]
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