Sir Gangadhar Rao Chitnavis (1862
- ?) was an Indian landholder and politician in the
Central Provinces, British India.
Background and family
Chitnavis belonged to the prominent Chitnavis family of
Nagpur
Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...
, a
Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu
Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) is a caste group mainly found in Maharashtra. Historically, they made equally good warriors, statesmen as well as writers. They held the posts such as Deshpandes and Gadkaris and according to the historian, ...
family that had followed the
Bhonsla
The Bhonsle (or Bhonsale, Bhosale, Bhosle) are a prominent group within the Maratha clan system of kunbi origin. They claimed descent from the Sisodia Rajputs but were likely Kunbi tiller-plainsmen.
History Earliest members
The earliest a ...
rulers from
Berar Berar may refer to:
*Vidarbha, the eastern region of Maharashtra Province, India, historically known as Berar
*Berar Sultanate (1490–1596), one of the Deccan sultanates
*Berar Subah (1596–1724), a Subah of the Mughal Empire
*Berar Province (1724 ...
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.
He was son of
Madhav Rao Chitnavis. His brother
Shankar Madhav Chitnavis
Shankar Madhav Chitnavis (born 1867 - ) was a statutory officer and worked a deputy commissioner of Central Province. He was brother of Gangadhar Rao Chitnavis.
He was member of First and Second Legislative Council of Central Provinces and Ber ...
was a
Statutory officer and worked a deputy commissioner of Central Province.
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.
Career
Chitnavis was president of the
Nagpur Municipality. He was appointed as a member of the
Imperial Legislative Council
The Imperial Legislative Council (ILC) was the legislature of the British Raj from 1861 to 1947. It was established under the Charter Act of 1853 by providing for the addition of 6 additional members to the Governor General Council for legislativ ...
in 1893 and represented the Landholders Constituency from the
Central Provinces and Berar
The Central Provinces and Berar was a province of British India and later the Dominion of India which existed from 1903 to 1950. It was formed by the merger of the Central Provinces with the province of Berar, which was territory leased by the B ...
for several years.
In 1902, he was chosen to represent the
Central Provinces
The Central Provinces was a province of British India. It comprised British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India, and covered parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra states. Its capital was Nagpur. ...
at the coronation in
London
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of King
Edward VII
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The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria an ...
and Queen
Alexandra
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.
He was Governor-appointed President of First and Second Legislative Council of
Central Provinces and Berar
The Central Provinces and Berar was a province of British India and later the Dominion of India which existed from 1903 to 1950. It was formed by the merger of the Central Provinces with the province of Berar, which was territory leased by the B ...
from 1921 to 1923 and from 1923 to 1926.
He was a member of the Indian National Congress.
Honours
Gangadhar Rao was awarded
CIE by the
British Government
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on 25 May 1895 and later knighted as a KCIE
in a special honours list on 12 December 1911.
London Gazette, 12 December 1911
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References
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Politicians from Nagpur
Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Indian knights
1862 births
Members of the Council of India
Year of death missing
Members of the Imperial Legislative Council of India
History of Madhya Pradesh
People from the Central Provinces
19th-century Indian politicians