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Revision as of 05:53, 13 September 2022

Panditrao Agashe
पंडितराव आगाशे
Managing director of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd.
In office
1 July 1970 – 16 November 1986
Preceded byShankarrao Limaye
Succeeded byDnyaneshwar Agashe
Personal details
Born(1936-03-08)March 8, 1936
Pune, Maharashtra, India
DiedNovember 16, 1986(1986-11-16) (aged 50)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Parent(s)Chandrashekhar Agashe (father) and Indirabai Agashe (mother)
OccupationBusinessman

Jagdish "Panditrao" Agashe (8 March 1936 – 16 November 1986) was an Indian businessman, best remembered for succeeding his father Chandrashekhar Agashe as the second managing director of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. The Panditrao Agashe School in Pune is named in his honour.

Biography

Early life and family: 1936–1956

Agashe was born on 8 March 1936, into an aristocratic and entrepreneurial Chitpavan brahmin family of industrialist Chandrashekhar Agashe and wife Indirabai Agashe (née Dwarka Gokhale).[1][2] He was the fourth of nine children, and second son (eldest surviving), born to his parents.[3] Given the name Jagdish at birth, he was known for most of his professional and personal life as Panditrao, a nickname given to him by his sisters.[4][5]

Agashe (left) with his parents (centre), and younger brother Dnyaneshwar (right), in the 1950s.

Agashe's father founded the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate in 1934,[6] and after his death in 1956, Agashe was brought on the board of directors of the company under Shankarrao Limaye by 1957.[7] He had matriculated high school,[1] but dropped out of his Bachelor of Science degree from Fergusson University when he joined the company, becoming the managing director of the syndicate on 1 July 1970.[8][7]

Agashe never married. Through his brother Dnyaneshwar, he was a paternal uncle to Mandar and Ashutosh Agashe.[9] Some of Agashe's other prominent relations include musician Ashutosh Phatak,[10] historian Dinkar G. Kelkar, scientist P. K. Kelkar,[11] and Third Anglo-Maratha War general Bapu Gokhale.[2]

Career at the syndicate: 1956–1986

Agashe's father left the syndicate to him in a strong position,[12] with several senior managers of the company aiding Agashe, given his considerable youth when he joined the board of directors in 1957/58.[13] Between 1958 and 1966, the syndicate continued regular operation under the board's management and Agashe's supervision, during which time he financially aided several farming communities around the Malshiras taluka, including those regions affected by the Panshet dam flood in 1961.[14]

The later half of the 1960s saw Agashe battle the Government of Maharashtra's socialist land acquisition schemes, which he ultimately lost, relinquishing several thousand acres of syndicate owned land to the Government of India.[15] He was also known for his philanthropy, donating to several Maharashtra Mandals across India.[16] By 1967/68, Agashe's brother Dnyaneshwar had joined him in the management of the syndicate, and further founded the Suvarna Sahakari Bank in 1969, of which Agashe was a director.[17] Agashe became the managing director of the company in July 1970.[7]

In the early 1970s, Agashe established the Mandar Printing Press in Shaniwar Peth, naming it after his nephew Mandar.[9] In 1973, he also donated an exhibit named after his father to the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum.[18] Beginning in the 1970s, under Agashe and his brother, the syndicate manufactured liquor in Shreepur, Maharashtra,[19] specialising in whisky and rum production under its several flagship brands.[20][21] The syndicate was one of the first companies to produce a range of government-approved liquors after the Maharashtra state prohibition,[22] called Indian Made Foreign Liquor.[23] By the early 1980s, under Agashe's management, the syndicate also briefly engaged in the business of metal printing.[24] In 1984, Agashe survived a heart attack, having been a heavy smoker for most of his life.[25]

Death and legacy: 1986

Agashe died on 16 November 1986, from a heart attack at the family residence in Shaniwar Peth.[26] His younger brother and nephews survived him in business.[27] The Panditrao Agashe School in Pune was named in his honour.[28]

References

  1. ^ a b Ranade 1974, p. 61.
  2. ^ a b Pathak, Gangadhar (1978). "पिरंदावण वाडी – तळेखाजण घराणा" [The House of Pirandavan Wadi – Talekhajan]. गोखले कुलवृत्तांत [Genealogy of the Gokhale Family] (Kulavruttanta) (in Marathi) (2nd ed.). Pune: Gokhale Kulavr̥ttānta Kāryakārī Maṇdaḷa. p. 976. LCCN 81902590. Retrieved 25 August 2022 – via WorldCat.
  3. ^ Agashe & Agashe 2006, p. 53, 62.
  4. ^ Karandikar 1992, p. Illustration 8.
  5. ^ Barve, Vartak & Belvalkar 2002, p. 153.
  6. ^ Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (1956). "Shri Chandrashekhar Govind Agashe". Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. Vol. 36. pp. 381–382. Retrieved 26 August 2022 – via University of Michigan.
  7. ^ a b c Karandikar 1992, p. 124.
  8. ^ Kothari's Economic Guide and Investors' Handbook of India. Kothari. 1969. p. 1687. Retrieved 26 August 2022 – via University of Michigan.
  9. ^ a b Agashe & Agashe 2006, p. 62.
  10. ^ Ranade, Sadashiv (1982). "जांभळी घराणा (पहिला)" [The First House of Jambli]. फाटक कुलवृत्तांत [Genealogy of the Phatak Family] (Kulavruttanta) (in Marathi) (2nd ed.). Pune: Phāṭaka Kula Samitī. p. 56. LCCN 84900881. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  11. ^ Kelkar, Bhaskar; Kelkar, Govind; Kelkar, Yashwant (1993). "कासारवेल – पुणे – धुळे घराणा" [The House of Kasarvel – Pune – Dhule]. केळकर कुलवृत्तांत [Genealogy of the Kelkar Family] (Kulavruttanta) (in Marathi) (2nd ed.). Pune: Yashoda Typesetting. p. 82, 89. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  12. ^ Bapat, Seema; Bapat, Sadanand (2007). "नारिंग्रे – कल्याण – जुन्नर घराणा" [The House of Naringre – Kalyan – Junnar]. बापट कुलवृत्तांत [Genealogy of the Bapat Family] (in Marathi) (3rd ed.). Pune. pp. 603–604.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  13. ^ Karandikar 1992, p. 125.
  14. ^ Karandikar 1992, p. 126.
  15. ^ Karandikar 1992, p. 127.
  16. ^ Phadke, Narayan Sitaram (1966). मन शुद्ध तुझा! [Your Mind is Pure] (in Marathi). Pune: Ga. Pã. Paracure Prakāśana Mandira. pp. 31, 32. OCLC 19980145. Retrieved 26 August 2022 – via University of Michigan.
  17. ^ Kothari's Economic and Industrial Guide of India. Kothari. 1978. p. 37. Retrieved 26 August 2022 – via University of Michigan.
  18. ^ Gadgil, Amarendra Laxman (1973). श्रीरामकोश [Śrīrāmakośa] (in Marathi). Vol. 1. Śrīrāmakośa Maṇḍaḷa. p. 241. OCLC 10799117. Retrieved 26 August 2022 – via University of California.
  19. ^ Prohibition And Excise Department. The Gazetteer's Department. Solapur Government (Report). Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  20. ^ "Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd". The Whisky Portal. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  21. ^ "Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd.— distillery profile". The Rum Portal. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  22. ^ Business India. A.H. Advani. 2004. p. 69. Retrieved 26 August 2022 – via University of Virginia.
  23. ^ "Radico Khaitan to buy Brihans's IMFL brands". The Times of India. 4 October 2005. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  24. ^ "Company Overview of The Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Limited". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  25. ^ Karandikar 1992, p. 127-128.
  26. ^ Karandikar 1992, p. 128.
  27. ^ Barve, Vartak & Belvalkar 2002, p. 18.
  28. ^ Karandikar 1992, p. 129.

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