First published on Sep 10, 2010- Lokmanya Tilak was fighting against the British rule and wanted something to be done publicly which would get people together which will eventually help in the freedom struggle. In 1905, Tilak commenced the idea of celebrating the Ganesh Festival on a Public basis(Sarvajanik). Since then, the same is followed even […]
History
History of Electricity in Belagavi
The history of Electricity in Belagavi takes us back to the year 1933, when Amalgamated Electricity Company Ltd was incorporated at Mumbai was formed to generate and distribute electricity in the Municipal areas of Ajmer, Belgaum(now Belagavi), Malegaon and other adjoining areas. The company started its Generation and distribution of electricity in the year 1933 […]
Veer Savarkar was arrested in Belgaum in 1950
First Published May 2009 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 (Hindalga) jail on the eve of the arrival of Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali in Delhi for […]
1890 Ad of photo studio of Belgaum
by Govind S. Welling This is an advertisement published in about 1890, when the Welling’s had just moved into Cantonment, the Church of England already existed hence Church Road, (Lytton Road now) not to be confused with Church street in Camp, which name is given much later! The Welling’s originally came from Goa, the village […]
200 years ago in 1818 Belgaum fort was captured by the British
It was the day of April 12, 1818 Brigadier General Munro captured the Belgaum fort and placed it under the Military Command of Madras. Some books refer to the date as even April 10. On 20th March 1818, Gen Munro surrounded the Belgaum Fort with the British Army troops who marched from Madras. Much blood […]