Vasant Kanetkar

Vasant Kanetkar : Nashik The Marathi Natya (Drama) Samrat Vasant Shankar Kanetkar was a playwright who contributed his share for the Marathi language. He was born on March 20, 1920 in the town of Rahimatpur in Satara District. He was the son of the famous poet S. K....

Shri Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar

Shri Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar : Nashik Useful Info On Shri Kusumagraj V V Shirwadkar / “Kusumagraj” is a gem of a person, a poet, a social and cultural personality born in Nashik. The original name of V V Shirwadkar was Gajanan Ranganath Shirwadkar that changed after...

Anant Kanhere

Anant Kanhere : Nashik Young Indian Freedom Fighter Anant Laxman Kanhere was the gem in the Indian Freedom Struggle from Nashik. He was born in 1891 in a small village in Ratnagiri. He completed his primary education in Indore and Nizamabad and learnt the English...

Dadasaheb Phalke

Shri Dhundiraj Govind Phalke (Dadasaheb Phalke) : Nashik The Father Of Indian Cinema Shri Dhundiraj Govind Phalke fondly called Dadasaheb Phalke is the father of Indian Cinema born in Nashik. He was born on 30 April 1870 in Trimbakeshwar to a Sanskrit scholar in...

Shri Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Shri Vinayak Damodar Savarkar : Nashik Great Freedom Fighter From Nashik Shri Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is a freedom fighter who made the presence of Nashik more prominent on the map of India’s freedom fight. Savarkar was born on May 28, 1883 into a family of...