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BORI Front 1917

BORI Front 1917

Photograph of the main building presumably taken on the day of BORI's establishment, i.e. July 06, 1917.

BORI Guest House 1932

BORI Guest House 1932

Construction of the Nizam's Guest House. Shri Bhavanrao Pant-Pratinidhi, the Chief of Aundh State, with the Guests.

BORI Long shot 1917

BORI Long shot 1917

Photograph of the main building presumably taken on the day of BORI's establishment, i.e. July 06, 1917, taken from the North eastern side -- around today's Agarkar Road (BMCC Road).

Guest House Back

Guest House Back

Western side of the Nizam's Guest House, 1933

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Visit of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and Rajkumari Amrut Kaur, 7th September 1945. In the photograph with them is Prof. R. N. Dandekar, the then Hon. Secretary.

Dr. P. K. Gode

Dr. P. K. Gode

Dr. Parashuram Krishnaji Gode, Curator of the Institute, 1921 to 1961. While performing is usual duties he wrote as many as 474 research articles on various aspects of Indian literary and cultural history. Dr. Gode also prepared descriptive catalogues of manuscripts and edited thousands of pages of journals like "The Poona Orientalist" and "New Indian Antiquary".

President Radhakrishnan

President Radhakrishnan

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, President of India, speaking on the occasion of the conclusion of the project of the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata, September 22, 1966.

President Dr. Rajendra Prasad

President Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Dr. Rajendra Prasad, President of India, inaugurating the project of the Critical Edition of Harivamsha, the Khila-parvan of the Mahabharata, 1956. In the photograph are seen with him Dr. S. K. Belvalkar, General Editor of the Mahabharata Project and Prof. R. N. Dandekar, Hon. Secretary.

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, President of India, with Dr. R. N. Dandekar, Hon. Secretary and Bharat-ratna P. V. Kane, the author of the History of Dharmashastra

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, President of India

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, President of India, with Dr. R. N. Dandekar, Hon. Secretary and Bharat-ratna P. V. Kane, the author of the History of Dharmashastra, September 22, 1966.

 Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, President of India, felicitating Dr. P. L. Vaidya, General Editor, Mahabharata Critical Edition,  on the occasion of the conclusion of the project, September 22, 1966

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, felicitating Dr. P. L. Vaidya

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, President of India, felicitating Dr. P. L. Vaidya, General Editor, Mahabharata Critical Edition, on the occasion of the conclusion of the project, September 22, 1966

Sanskrit Commission at Hyderabad

Sanskrit Commission at Hyderabad

Welcome of the Sanskrit Commission at Hyderabad, 1956. In the photograph are seen Dr. Suneetikumar Chatterji, Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Chairman of the Sanskrit Commission, and Prof. R. N. Dandekar, Secretary of the Sanskrit Commission. The Secretariat of the Sanskrit Commission was situated at the Bhandarkar Institute.

The Sanskrit Commission submitting their report to Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the President of India

The Sanskrit Commission submitting their report to Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the President of India

In the photograph are seen with him Dr. Suneetikumar Chatterji, Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Chairman of the Sanskrit Commission, and Prof. R. N. Dandekar, Secretary of the Sanskrit Commission. The Secretariat of the Sanskrit Commission was situated at the Bhandarkar Institute.

Shri Bhavanrao Shrinivasrao

Shri Bhavanrao Shrinivasrao

Shri Bhavanrao Shrinivasrao alias Balasaheb Pant-Pratinidhi, Chief of Aundh, a real Patron of the Bhandarkar Institute

Dr. S. K. Belvalkar

Dr. S. K. Belvalkar

Dr. S. K. Belvalkar, Founder Secretary of the Bhandarkar Institute and General Editor, Mahabharata Critical Edition (1943-1962)

BORI Guest House 1932

BORI Guest House 1932

Construction of the Nizam's Guest House.

Guest House Front

Guest House Front

Eastern side of the Nizam's Guest House, 1933

M. R. Yardi

M. R. Yardi

M. R. Yardi (ICS, retd.), Ex-Chairman of the Executive Board of the BORI, an erudite scholar of Yoga

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