Pune Aitihasik Vastu Smriti

The Pune Aitihasik Vastu Smriti (Marathi: पुणे ऐतिहासिक वास्तू स्मृती; lit. transl.Pune Historical Architecture Memory) is an historical society established under the Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust on 5 November 1995, in Pune, Maharashtra in India.[1]

Between 1995 and 2004, the society installed numerous commemorative plaques honouring individuals important to the history of Pune and the culture of Maharashtra. The plaques are installed posthumously, usually outside the honoured individual's residence during their lifetime. The founder of the society, Jayant Shridhar Tilak, modelled it after English Heritage, and their installation of blue plaques across Greater London.[1][2]

The society further published a guide book-cum-biographical dictionary under the label of Pune Heritage in two volumes, in 1996 and 2004. The volumes detail the location of every blue plaque across Pune, and include biographies of the individuals honoured dually in English and Marathi.[3][4]

The first plaque installed was that of writer Shivram Mahadev Paranjape in November 1995,[5] where as the 100th plaque installed was that of humorist Purushottam Laxman Deshpande in February 2004.[6] In 2010, several more plaques were inaugurated for Maharashtra Day.[7] By 2020, there were a total of 135 plaques which had been installed, however they were poorly maintained.[2]

List of plaques

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Honouree Date
Shivram Mahadev Paranjape 12 November 1995
Hirabai Barodekar 20 November 1995
Shripad Mahadev Mate 26 November 1995
Baburao Ganapatrao Jagtap 3 December 1995
Gopal Vinayak Bhonde 10 December 1995
Krishnarao Phulambrikar 17 December 1995
Vitthal Ramji Shinde 24 December 1995
Kerunana Chhatre 31 December 1995
D. B. Deodhar 7 January 1996
Hari Narayan Apte 14 January 1996
Damodar Gangaram Dhotre 21 January 1996
Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil 28 January 1996
D. B. Limaye 4 February 1996
Annasaheb Patwardhan 11 February 1996
Vasudev Balwant Phadke 18 February 1996
V. B. Gogate 26 February 1996
Gopal Hari Deshmukh 3 March 1996
Abasaheb Mujumdar 9 March 1996
Ramabai Ranade 24 March 1996
Raghunath Shastri Patwardhan 31 March 1996
Deenanath Mangeshkar 7 April 1996
Bal Gangadhar Tilak 23 June 1996
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Vaman Shivram Apte
D. R. Bendre 30 June 1996
Shankar Vaman Dandekar
Ganpat Mahadev Nalawade 14 July 1996
Datto Vaman Potdar 6 October 1996
Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar 14 October 1996
Popatlal Shah 20 October 1996
R. P. Paranjpye 27 October 1996
L. B. Bhopatkar 3 November 1996
Gopal Krishna Gokhale 17 November 1996
Shivrampant Damle 24 November 1996
Madhav Julian 29 November 1996
G. D. Madgulkar 24 December 1996
Jyotirao Phule 3 January 1997
Narayan Sitaram Phadke 19 January 1997
Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale 2 February 1997
Bal Gandharva 9 February 1997
Kashibai Kanitkar 12 March 1997
Pralhad Keshav Atre 16 March 1997
Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar 19 March 1997
Shripad Krishna Belvalkar 25 May 1997
M. R. Jayakar 20 July 1997
P. N. Rajbhoj 27 July 1997
S. L. Kirloskar 3 August 1997
Chapekar brothers 10 August 1997
Krishnarao Gangurde 18 August 1997
Keshav Vaman Bhole 24 August 1997
Ramkrishnabuwa Vaze 31 August 1997
Anandi Gopal Joshi 28 September 1997
Shankarrao More 12 October 1997
Vinayakrao Patwardhan 9 December 1997
Nanasaheb Phatak 23 August 1998
Nana Maharaj Sakhare 13 September 1998
Anant Vishnu Damle
Shaikh Fattelal Yasin Mistri
V. Shantaram 4 October 1998
Dhondo Keshav Karve 9 November 1998
Anandi Karve
Raghunath Damodar Khanivale 26 November 1998
Mahadev Govind Ranade 29 November 1998
H. V. Tulpule 3 January 1999
Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar 31 January 1999
Shankar Keshav Kanetkar
Shridhar Balkrishna Ranade
Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi 21 February 1999
P. G. Sahasrabuddhe 14 March 1999
Shankar Shyamji Gaikwad 28 March 1999
Vasukaka Joshi 18 April 1999
Ganesh Krishna Gadre
Kusumagraj 6 June 1999
Krushnashastri Chiplunkar 30 July 1999
Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar
B. M. Gupte 29 August 1999
Vasudev Shastri Mahadev Abhyankar 22 November 1999
Kashinath Vasudev Abhyankar
Nilkanth Shankar Navare 28 November 1999
Bhargavram Achrekar 23 March 2000
Pandita Ramabai 7 May 2000
Baba Padmanji
Vasudeo Sitaram Bendrey 16 July 2000
G. S. Mahajani 27 August 2000
Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar 8 October 2000
Ganesh Shastri Joshi 20 October 2000
Narayan Govind Chapekar 25 February 2001
Gangadhar Balkrushna Sardar 1 April 2001
Viththal Dattatreya Ghate 7 May 2001
R. S. Jog 15 May 2001
Shripad Dattatraya Deshpande 2 July 2001
Vishnubuwa Jog 5 July 2001
Y. G. Joshi 26 August 2001
Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi 12 November 2001
Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar 16 December 2001
Chintaman Vinayak Joshi 6 January 2002
Narayan Ganesh Gore 17 February 2002
C. Ramchandra 2 June 2002
Chhota Gandharva 7 July 2002
Walchand Ramchand Kothari 14 July 2002
Dadasaheb Torne 15 September 2002
Sadashiv Govind Barve 22 December 2002
Sadashiv Vinayak Bapat 2 February 2003
Vishram Bedekar 16 February 2003
Malati Bedekar
Vaman Dattatreya Gulwani 30 March 2003
Makrand Govind Bhave 7 December 2003
Vasantrao Deshpande 14 December 2003
Shahu Modak 11 January 2004
Chandrashekhar Agashe 18 January 2004
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande 29 February 2004

Publications

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  • Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust (1 August 1996). पुणे ऐतिहासिक वास्तू स्मृती : नीलफलक मार्गदर्शिका [Pune Heritage : Blue Plaque Guide] (in Marathi and English). Vol. I. J. S. Tilak, chairman; Sarang Sathe, plaque producer; V. K. Mehendale, treasurer; M. S. Dixit, secretary. Pune: Kesari.
  • Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust (29 February 2004). पुणे ऐतिहासिक वास्तू स्मृती : नीलफलक मार्गदर्शिका [Pune Heritage : Blue Plaque Guide] (in Marathi and English). Vol. II. M. S. Dixit, president; P. S. Palande, vice president; V. K. Mehendale, treasurer; V. R. Gokhale, secretary; V. S. Pingale, secretary. Pune: Kesari.
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References

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  1. ^ a b Tilak, Geetali (August 2021). "Blue Plaques in Pune". Sahapedia. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Bari, Prachi (4 January 2020). "Blue plaques lose their lustre at some historic homes in Pune". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  3. ^ Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust 1996, Title, verso.
  4. ^ Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust 2004, Title, verso.
  5. ^ Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust 1996, p. 1.
  6. ^ "100th blue plaque tribute to Pu La". The Times of India. 1 March 2004. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  7. ^ Khape, Ajay (1 May 2010). "Maharashtra Day: Blue plaques for Pune heroes". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 March 2024.