Coming from a rich, respectable and leading landowning family and endowed with sound education and unalloyed qualities of leadership, Gangadharrao Deshpande came to occupy the front rank in the struggle for national freedom. In his early youth, his bubbling enthusiasm for national service found expression in revolutionary activities. But, no sooner did he come under […]
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Raja Lakhamagouda Sardesai of Vantmuri a great philanthropist
Source: THE PAULITE LINK No. 5, Dec. 2010 By Niranjan S. Patil Raja Lakhamgauda’s son Basavaprabhu had no son, so he adopted Bharamagauda (my elder brother) as his heir in 1944, and changed his name to Lakhamgauda Basavaprabhu Sirdesai. On Basavaprabhu’s death in 1948 Lakhamgauda Basavaprabhu Sirdesai inherited the estate. My grandfather, Balasaheb Alagauda Patil, […]
Shreedhar Kulkarni a vocalist of ardor
Shreedhar was born in a family where music was the soul. All the family loved music. Shreedhar got his first music lessons from his mother who herself is a harmonium player. He was later groomed under the guidance of Late Pt.Rambhau Bijapure of Belagavi, who is a leading Harmonium player in the country. In the […]
Pandit R K Bijapure Maha Meru of Samvadini Harmonium
Written by Shridhar Kulkarni & Ravindra Katoti Pt. R. K. Bijapure, an octogenarian, who was also popularly known as Shri. Rambhau Bijapure, hardly needs any introduction in the music circle. Over the past six decades he had been an extensively famous persona among the music lovers all over India. As an outstanding solo performer, as an […]
Test tube baby fame Dr Indira Hinduja spent her childhood in Belgaum
Dr Indira Hinduja has created what perhaps is the biggest gift for childless couples — India’s first test-tube baby, Harsha Chevda. What she started in 1988, has led today to a plethora of invitro fertilisation (IVF) clinics across Mumbai. But Dr Indira Hinduja, who first made it all happen, has rightfully earned herself a place […]