Praveen Pilankar submitted a letter to Shri Abhay Patil MLA Belagavi South requesting the latter for recognition of the sacrifice of the Yalgi family from Belagavi during the freedom struggle. Belagavi was a quaint little place in Bombay Province before Independence. The city was at the forefront of the freedom struggle and it is difficult […]
History
Swami Vivekananda and his Belagavi visit
From 15 to 27 October 1892 Swami Vivekananda had come to Belgaum(now Belagavi) and he resided for 9 days. The said house is in the fort where the Ramkrishna ashrama is situated. At Belagavi, he was the guest of Prof. G.S. Bhate and Sub-divisional Forest officer, Haripada Mitra. Ramakrishna Math and Mission have established a temple […]
Gandhi and Belgaum
Some people had told Gandhiji not to attend the Belgaum(now Belagavi) session in 1924. But Gangadhar Rao Deshpande wanted Gandhiji to attend the session to give a new fillip to the freedom movement in the region. Veer Soudha is the memorial built to commemorate the 1924 congress session held at Belgaum where Mahatma Gandhi was […]
Tilak commenced Ganesh festival celebrations in Belagavi after Pune
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 […]
The Quintessence of Belgaum
First published in Aug 2010 by Late Ollie D. Oliveira Generations of us have passed through its environs and tasted the lasting imprint of its ethos. Is there anyone, whether still living in a good place or relocated to other climes who can truly say that they bear the marks of their early formation from […]