Chandrashekhar Agashe

Chandrashekhar Agashe
Posthumous oil on canvas by Raghuveer Bharam, 1997
Managing Agent of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd.
In office
21 September 1934 – 9 June 1956
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byK. V. Champhekar
President of the Bhor State Council
In office
1934–1948
MonarchRaghunathrao II Shankarrao, 11th Raja of Bhor
Vice President of the Bhor State Council
In office
1933–1934
MonarchRaghunathrao II Shankarrao, 11th Raja of Bhor
Secretary of the Bhor State Council
In office
1932–1933
MonarchRaghunathrao II Shankarrao, 11th Raja of Bhor
Chief Justiciar of the Bhor State
In office
1920–1932
MonarchsShankarrao Chimnajirao, 10th Raja of Bhor (till 1922); Raghunathrao II Shankarrao, 11th Raja of Bhor (till 1932)
Vice President of the Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal
In office
1953–1955
Serving with Raghunathrao II Shankarrao, 11th Raja of Bhor, and G. B. Patwardhan
PresidentMalojiraje Nimbalkar IV, Raja of Phaltan
Personal details
Born
Chandrashekhar Govind Agashe

(1888-02-14)14 February 1888
Bhor, Bhor State, Poona Agency, British Raj
Died9 June 1956(1956-06-09) (aged 68)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Cause of deathMyocardial infarction
Spouse
Indirabai Agashe (née Dwarka Gokhale)
(m. 1914)
Children11 (including Jagdish "Panditrao" Agashe, Dnyaneshwar Agashe and Shakuntala Karandikar)
Parent(s)Govind Agashe II (father) and Radhabai Agashe (mother)
Alma mater
OccupationIndustrialist, lawyer, educator
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Chandrashekhar Govind Agashe[a] (14 February 1888 – 9 June 1956) was an Indian industrialist and lawyer, best remembered as the founder of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. He served as the managing agent[b] of the company from its inception in 1934 till his death in 1956. He served as the President of the Bhor State Council from 1934 to 1948, having previously been the council's Vice President from 1933 to 1934, its Secretary from 1932 to 1933, and the Chief Justiciar of the Indian princely state itself from 1920 to 1932.

Today, the Chandrashekhar Agashe College of Physical Education in Pune, the CGA – BMTRC in the Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce, and the Chandrashekhar Agashe High School in Shreepur are named after him. He is also the namesake of the Chandrashekhar Agashe Museum wing in the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum and the Chandrashekhar Agashe Road in Shaniwar Peth, Pune. He also became the namesake of the Agashe pattern, a means of equity crowdfunding, among businesses and press in Maharashtra between 1934 and 1956.

  1. ^ Ranade 1974, p. 61, आगाशे, चंद्रशेखर गोविंद.
  2. ^ Gadgil 1973, p. 241.
  3. ^ Articles of Incorporation of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Limited (Report). Mumbai: Registrar of Joint-Stock Companies, Government of Bombay. 11 January 1935.
  4. ^ Companies Act, 1956 (PDF). New Delhi: Ministry of Corporate Affairs. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2022.


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