Academia
1. Vidyadhar Jhohrapurkar–
He is a Sanskritist, a Social anthropologist, and a historian. Prof Dr. Vidyadhar ji hails from Nagpur. Persuaded M.A in 1956 and then Ph.D. in 1959 from Nagpur university. He then worked as a professor Sanskrit at the department of education, Govt of Madhya Pradesh. He also taught Sanskrit to Graduates and Postgraduate levels at govt colleges in Nagpur, Mandala, Bhopal, Jabalpur etc. He has nearly 100 articles been published in magazines.
2. D. Raghavarao-
He was a statistician, earlier in Laura H. Carnell in Dept of Temple University in Philadelphia. He was elected fellow of the IMS, ASA and International Statistical Association. He persuaded his M.A in mathematics from Nagpur University in the year 1957 and also earned a gold medal, he got his Ph.D. in statistics from Mumbai University in 1961 for his designer of experiments. He was also a professor at Punjab Agriculture University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Come University, and the University of Guelph. But sadly he died on February 6th 2013.
Art and Literature
1. Raja Badhe-
He was a Marathi Poet, He first his name from Nagpur, and then he shifted to Mumbai. He also worked with AIR for some time. He also produced a film on Shivaji. Many of his songs were recorded when Prakash Pictures approached V.D. Savarkar to write songs for film Ram Rajya. He died suddenly in Delhi. In Mumbai a Chowk is named after him “RAJA BADHE CHOWK”.
Some songs:
- Hasates Rashi ka mani, sung by Lata Mangeshkar
- Chandane Shimpit jashi, by Hridaynath Mangeshkar
2. Gauri Jog-
She is a remarkable Kathak dancer and choreographer and research scholar from Chicago. She has been practicing kathak dance and considered exponent of Lucknow and Jaipur gharana. Her creations include Krishna Leela. Shakuntala, Jhansi Ki Rani, Kathak Yatra and many more. She brings to life “art of storytelling” through the elements in kathak. Since 1999 she has performed in more than 325 dance shows in North America and India. She hails from Nagpur and with dedication, intense training and discipline and meticulous training from Guru Madan Pande of Lucknow gharana.
Business
1. Jamnalal Bajaj-
He was an Indian Industralist a philanthropist and Indian independence fighter. He founded Bajaj group in the year 1920 and not under that group their are 24 companies, it was often declared by Mahatma Gandhi that Jamnalal Bajaj was his fifth son
He was born to a well to do Marwari family and he was the third son of Kaniram and Birdibai, in a village names Kashi ka bas, near sikar, rajasthan. Later he was adopted as a grandson by Seth Bachhraj and his wife Sadibai Bachhraj, a rich family from rajasthan and in the year 1926 he took over the business of Seth bachhraj.
2. Sanjay Bhende–
He was born in Nagpur and presently he is the chairman of Nagpur Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd. He was also an Executive member of BJP since 2013- 2015. The name was selected by BJP for Nagpur graduate council election when Nitin Gadkari was elected as a member of Lok Sabha. He was an active member of RSS professionally he was a lecturer in Junior College at New English Highschool at Nagpur.
Law
1. Justice Sharad Bhobde:
Presently serving as the 47th chief justice of India. He was former chief justice of Madhya Pradesh High court. He is also serving as the Chancellor of MNLU, Mumbai, University of Delhi, and MNLU Nagpur. He has tenure in the Supreme Court for a total period of 8 years he is due to retire on 23rd April 2021. He hails from the orange city i.e Nagpur, His Great grandfather was a very successful lawyer in Chandrapur. His grandfather was also a Lawyer, His father was Advocate General of Maharashtra in 1980 and 1985 his elder brother was also a supreme court senior lawyer, he comes from an eminent family of lawyers. He completed his BA LLB from Nagpur university.
Notable Judgements: Ayodhya Dispute, Aadhaar, Anti- Abortion, Religious feelings, Environment and more
2. Harish Salve:
He is an Senior Advocate practicing in Supreme Court of India. He was Solicitor General of India from 1st November 1999 to 3rd of November 2002. He fought the Kulbhushan Jhadhav’s case at International Court of Justice. He was appointed as Queen’s Counsel for the courts of England and wales.
He was born in a Maharashtrian family and his father was a CA and a very prominent Politician of the Indian National Congress. His Mother was a Doctor. He persuaded his studies in St. Francis De’Sales High School, Nagpur. He completed his CA from ICAI from Nagpur and LLB from Nagpur university. The Chief Justice of India Sharad Bhobde and Harish Salve were classmates in Law. Before the law, Harish Salve practiced CA in Taxation
Written By – Ankit Nigam
