Poona In Bygone Days

Name : Poona In Bygone Days

Author : Rao Bahadur D. B. Parasnis

Book Format : Paperback

Genre : Reference

ISBN : 9788121294607

Language : English

Pages : 101-200 Pages

Publish Year : 2023

Publisher : Gyan Publishing House

About The Book : This book introduces the Pune city, and its architecture during the Peshwa era to the help Britishers to understand the history of Pune. Hence with the help of historic evidence the details like incidents happened in Pune in Peshwa era, details about the city, happenings and the places & architecture in the city. About The Author : Rao Bahadur D.B. Parasnis (1870–1926) was a historian from Maharashtra, India, who lived during the British Raj days. Parasnis had been granted a lifelong pension of two hundred rupees a month by the Government of Bombay. Parasnis was born on 27 November 1870 in a traditional middle-class Deshastha Brahmin family. Parasnis authored biographies of Bramhendra Swami, Rani's Laxmi Bai of Jhansi and Baija Bai of Gwalior and works on the Mahrattas and the Nawabs of Oudh. Parasnis also published collections of letters in his two monthly magazines, the Bharatavarsha and the Ithihasa Sangraha, of which the first covered two years and the second seven years from August 1907. In 1894, Parasnis published an authoritative biography of Maharani Jhansi Lakshmibai, Maharani Laxmibaisaheb Yanche Charitra. His book was based on interviews with Dhanodar Rao, adopted son of Rani Lakshmibai, who was still alive then. In 1918-1925, along with Charles Augustus Kincaid, he co-authored in three volumes, A History of the Maratha people. His Poona in Bygone Ti

Country of Origin : India