Gangadhar Rao Chitnavis

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Sir Gangadhar Rao Chitnavis

Central Provinces, British India
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Background and family

Chitnavis belonged to the prominent Chitnavis family of

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.

Chitnavis Wada

Career

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 from 1921 to 1923 and from 1923 to 1926.[1] He was a member of the Indian National Congress.

Honours

Gangadhar Rao was awarded

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

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  2. ^ 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.
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  4. ^ The Indian Biographical Dictionary. 1915.
  5. ^ "The Coronation". The Times. No. 36754. London. 29 April 1902. p. 10.
  6. ^ India Office, Great Britain (1819). The India List and India Office List. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  7. ^ London Gazette, 12 December 1911
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