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 […]
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Did you know this? Pu La Deshpandes Belgaum connection
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 Saheb […]
Did you Know This? Belagavi civil Hospital was opened in 1859
Did you Know This? Belgaum(now Belagavi) civil hospital was opened in 1859 at a cost of Rs.5377 average inbound patients 25 and OPD were 125. This serves the people of the district and also the rural people of the bordering villages of the neighbouring state. Currently has specialised services in medicine, surgery, peaditrics, maternity, gynaecology, […]
Belagavi’s Exact Opposite Point on Earth is in South Pacific Ocean
If you start digging, a straight tunnel from Belgaum and reach the exact opposite point on the Earth. Now how do you locate that place on the globe where that hole will open? AntiPodr, this site takes you current street address (or city name or zip code) and points you to a location on the […]
Bootleggers attack minister & police
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 […]