“Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it” was first said by Lokmanya Tilak in Belgaum in 1916. Bal Gangadhar Tilak or Lokmanya Tilak born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak founded the Home Rule League in April 1916 at Belgaum, now Belagavi. The Tilak’s League who was to work in Maharashtra (including Bombay city), Karnataka, […]
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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 […]
Traffic advisory for 15 Sept due to VVIP visit
The President of India, Governor, Chief Minister, Chief Justice and other VVIP will be visiting Belagavi to attend the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of Karnataka Law Society and RL Law college on 15 September at GIT Belagavi, due to which the Commissioner of Police has issued a Traffic Advisory to make free VIP movement in Belagavi. […]
Road recarpted for Presidents visit but Still tender is open
The media are a buzz with the amount of money spent from the States exchequer on the one hour stay of the President of India in Belgaum on October 11, 2012. To add to this team AAB had raised this issue then and raising it now again, the tender floated for the Improvements to road […]
President confers Jnanpith to Chandrashekhara Kambar at Belgaum
The 46th Bharatiya Jnanpith Award function was held here at Gandhi Bhavan where Dr.Kambar was awarded the Jnanpith. On the occasion President Pranab Mukherjee said the following in his speech: I am very happy to be present here to confer the 46th Bharatiya Jnanpith Award on Dr.Chandrashekhara Kambar, the eighth awardee of this prestigious National […]