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'''Sir Gangadhar Rao Chitnavis''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE}} (1862 <ref name=bookPateriya /> - ?) was an | '''Sir Gangadhar Rao Chitnavis''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE}} (1862 <ref name=bookPateriya /> - ?) was an Indian landholder and politician in the [[Central Provinces, British India]]. | ||
==Background and family== | ==Background and family== | ||
Chitnavis belonged to the prominent Chitnavis family of [[Nagpur]], a [[Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu]] family that had followed the [[Bhonsla]] rulers from [[Berar Province|Berar]] to Nagpur in the middle of the eighteenth century. At Bhonsla court of Nagpur, Chitnavis had served as secretaries and ministers until the middle of the nineteenth century.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/Ideas/CP/ch03english.html|title= Colonial Administration and Social Developments in middle India: The Central Provinces, 1861-1921 - Ph. D. Dissertation |year=1980 |chapter= CHAPTER III, The British Community and Its Interaction with Indians |author=Philip F. McEldowney |publisher=University of Virginia |page=84}}</ref> | Chitnavis belonged to the prominent Chitnavis family of [[Nagpur]], a [[Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu]] family that had followed the [[Bhonsla]] rulers from [[Berar Province|Berar]] to Nagpur in the middle of the eighteenth century. At Bhonsla court of Nagpur, Chitnavis had served as secretaries and ministers until the middle of the nineteenth century.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/Ideas/CP/ch03english.html|title= Colonial Administration and Social Developments in middle India: The Central Provinces, 1861-1921 - Ph. D. Dissertation |year=1980 |chapter= CHAPTER III, The British Community and Its Interaction with Indians |author=Philip F. McEldowney |publisher=University of Virginia |page=84}}</ref> | ||
He was son of [[Madhav Rao Chitnavis]]. His brother [[Shankar Madhav Chitnavis]] was a [[Statutory officer]] and worked a deputy commissioner of Central Province.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9e_ddIp_ko0C& | He was son of [[Madhav Rao Chitnavis]]. His brother [[Shankar Madhav Chitnavis]] was a [[Statutory officer]] and worked a deputy commissioner of Central Province.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9e_ddIp_ko0C&q=Among+Indian+Rajahs+And+Ryots |title=Among Indian Rajahs and Ryots - A Civil Servant's Recollections ...|page=62 |author=Sir Andrew H. L. Fraser|isbn=9781406712872|date=May 2006}}</ref> | ||
His son Madhav Gangadhar Chitnavis established five charitable and religious trusts namely Sir Gangadharrao Chitnavis Memorial Medical Research Trust, Smt. Dadimay Memorial Medical Research Research, Balkrishna Deosthan Trust, Sant Sonaji Maharaj Trust and the Gopalkrishna Deosthan Trust. His residence Chitnavis wada, a listed heritage building, is now owned by the Gopalkrishna Deosthan Trust. | His son Madhav Gangadhar Chitnavis established five charitable and religious trusts namely Sir Gangadharrao Chitnavis Memorial Medical Research Trust, Smt. Dadimay Memorial Medical Research Research, Balkrishna Deosthan Trust, Sant Sonaji Maharaj Trust and the Gopalkrishna Deosthan Trust. His residence Chitnavis wada, a listed heritage building, is now owned by the Gopalkrishna Deosthan Trust. | ||
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Chitnavis was president of the [[Nagpur Municipal Corporation|Nagpur Municipality]]. He was appointed as a member of the [[Imperial Legislative Council]] in 1893 and represented the Landholders Constituency from the [[Central Provinces and Berar]] for several years.<ref name=TIBD>{{cite book|title=The Indian Biographical Dictionary|year=1915|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary.djvu/130}}</ref> | Chitnavis was president of the [[Nagpur Municipal Corporation|Nagpur Municipality]]. He was appointed as a member of the [[Imperial Legislative Council]] in 1893 and represented the Landholders Constituency from the [[Central Provinces and Berar]] for several years.<ref name=TIBD>{{cite book|title=The Indian Biographical Dictionary|year=1915|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary.djvu/130}}</ref> | ||
In 1902, he was chosen to represent the [[Central Provinces, British India|Central Provinces]] at the coronation in [[London]] of King [[Edward VII]] and Queen [[Alexandra of Denmark|Alexandra]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times | | In 1902, he was chosen to represent the [[Central Provinces, British India|Central Provinces]] at the coronation in [[London]] of King [[Edward VII]] and Queen [[Alexandra of Denmark|Alexandra]].<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Coronation |date=29 April 1902 |page=10 |issue=36754}}</ref> | ||
He was Governor-appointed President of First and Second Legislative Council of [[Central Provinces and Berar]] during 1921-23 and 1923-1926.<ref name=bookPateriya>{{cite book|last=Pateriya|first=Raghaw Raman|title=Provincial legislatures and the national movement: a study in interaction in ...|year=1991|publisher=Northern Book Centre|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-85119-58-8|page=198 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=TWEkVfiIo_gC | He was Governor-appointed President of First and Second Legislative Council of [[Central Provinces and Berar]] during 1921-23 and 1923-1926.<ref name=bookPateriya>{{cite book|last=Pateriya|first=Raghaw Raman|title=Provincial legislatures and the national movement: a study in interaction in ...|year=1991|publisher=Northern Book Centre|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-85119-58-8|page=198 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TWEkVfiIo_gC&dq=buldhan&pg=PA214}}</ref> He was a member of the Indian National Congress. | ||
==Honours== | ==Honours== | ||
Gangadhar Rao was awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] by the [[British Government]] on 25 May 1895 <ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA213 | Gangadhar Rao was awarded [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] by the [[British Government]] on 25 May 1895 <ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&dq=chitnavis&pg=RA2-PA213 |title=The India List and India Office List |accessdate=22 February 2010|year=1819 |last1=India Office |first1=Great Britain }}</ref> and later knighted as a KCIE<ref name=bookPateriya /> in a special honours list on 12 December 1911.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28559/pages/9361 London Gazette, 12 December 1911]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:11, 5 January 2022
Sir Gangadhar Rao Chitnavis KCIE (1862 [1] - ?) was an Indian landholder and politician in the Central Provinces, British India.
Background and family[edit | edit source]
Chitnavis belonged to the prominent Chitnavis family of Nagpur, a Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu family that had followed the Bhonsla rulers from Berar to Nagpur in the middle of the eighteenth century. At Bhonsla court of Nagpur, Chitnavis had served as secretaries and ministers until the middle of the nineteenth century.[2]
He was son of Madhav Rao Chitnavis. His brother Shankar Madhav Chitnavis was a Statutory officer and worked a deputy commissioner of Central Province.[3]
His son Madhav Gangadhar Chitnavis established five charitable and religious trusts namely Sir Gangadharrao Chitnavis Memorial Medical Research Trust, Smt. Dadimay Memorial Medical Research Research, Balkrishna Deosthan Trust, Sant Sonaji Maharaj Trust and the Gopalkrishna Deosthan Trust. His residence Chitnavis wada, a listed heritage building, is now owned by the Gopalkrishna Deosthan Trust.
Career[edit | edit source]
Chitnavis was president of the Nagpur Municipality. He was appointed as a member of the Imperial Legislative Council in 1893 and represented the Landholders Constituency from the Central Provinces and Berar for several years.[4]
In 1902, he was chosen to represent the Central Provinces at the coronation in London of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.[5]
He was Governor-appointed President of First and Second Legislative Council of Central Provinces and Berar during 1921-23 and 1923-1926.[1] He was a member of the Indian National Congress.
Honours[edit | edit source]
Gangadhar Rao was awarded CIE by the British Government on 25 May 1895 [6] and later knighted as a KCIE[1] in a special honours list on 12 December 1911.[7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pateriya, Raghaw Raman (1991). Provincial legislatures and the national movement: a study in interaction in ... New Delhi: Northern Book Centre. p. 198. ISBN 978-81-85119-58-8.
- ↑ Philip F. McEldowney (1980). "CHAPTER III, The British Community and Its Interaction with Indians". Colonial Administration and Social Developments in middle India: The Central Provinces, 1861-1921 - Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Virginia. p. 84.
- ↑ Sir Andrew H. L. Fraser (May 2006). Among Indian Rajahs and Ryots - A Civil Servant's Recollections ... p. 62. ISBN 9781406712872.
- ↑ The Indian Biographical Dictionary. 1915.
- ↑ "The Coronation". The Times. No. 36754. London. 29 April 1902. p. 10.
- ↑ India Office, Great Britain (1819). The India List and India Office List. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ↑ London Gazette, 12 December 1911