We spoke to Lt. Col. Deepak Agashe(Retd.), the General Manager of Deccan Gymkhana. He showed us an interesting document on the life of the Late Mr. B.N. Bhajekar. Some things we learnt:
Mr. Bandopat Bhajekar started the Poona Young Men’s Cricket Club along with his brother,Mr. L.R Bhajekar and Mr.Keshaorao Puranik in the early 1880’s and from their arduous work, developed it into the Deccan Gymkhana club.
Mr. Bhajekar also made great efforts to raise the necessary funds to develop the P J Hindu Gymkhana club in Bombay. His ambition was to raise Indian cricket to the level of English cricket during the colonial period.
Preetika Sastry and Suniti Khurana
The Orchid School
Pune
