39 Facts About Dnyaneshwar Agashe

Dnyaneshwar Chandrashekhar Agashe was an Indian businessman, cricketer, cricket administrator, and philanthropist.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe founded the Suvarna Sahakari Bank in 1969, and served as its managing director from its inception until his death.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe then shifted to cricket administration, and was twice elected vice president of Board of Control for Cricket in India, serving his second and final term from 1995 to 1999.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe's father was a member of the aristocratic Agashe gharana of the village of Mangdari in the Bhor State.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe was the third youngest of nine siblings who survived to adulthood.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe had an older brother, Panditrao Agashe, and an older sister, Shakuntala Karandikar.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe's mother was the daughter of Narayan Gokhale VI from the aristocratic Gokhale gharana of Dharwad.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe was a great niece of Bapu Gokhale, a Third Anglo-Maratha War general under Peshwa Baji Rao II of the Maratha Empire.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe began his schooling at the Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya in Pune.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sir Parshurambhau College in 1964.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe further sought training at the National Defense Academy before being selected as a wicket-keeper-batsman for the West Zone cricket team.

Between 1962 and 1968, Dnyaneshwar Agashe played first-class cricket for the Maharashtra cricket team as a wicket-keeper-batsman, and scored two half-centuries in 13 matches.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe's father had founded the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate in 1934.

Valimbe from 1963 to 1969, with Dnyaneshwar Agashe joining the board of directors for the company in 1966, and launching new branches of the factory near Akluj.

In 1978, Dnyaneshwar Agashe became the sole managing director of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate upon his brother's retirement from the office.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe donated to the Maharashtra Vidya Mandal after his brother Panditrao's death in November 1986, after whom the Panditrao Dnyaneshwar Agashe School was named.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe founded the Chandrashekhar Agashe High School, Chandrashekhar Agashe Junior College and Indirabai Agashe High School on the family's estate in the town of Shreepur, Maharashtra.

In 1987, Dnyaneshwar Agashe was part of the inquiry made by Shankarrao Chavan about Sharad Pawar's foreign assets.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe served as chairman to Kolhapur Steel, after the syndicate had begun work in metal printing under his brother in the early 1980s.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe started a unit in Canada for Taj Rum by the late 1980s.

In 1990, Agashe took over as chairman of the board of directors for the syndicate upon the death of S L Limaye.

In September 1992, Dnyaneshwar Agashe proposed several changes to the Ranji Trophy format for its points table, suggesting that the BCCI either follow the Australian system observed at the Sheffield Shield or to revert to the older format followed before the Ranji Trophy extended match durations to four days.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe suggested the removal of the bonus points during matches, recommending eight points be awarded outright for a win, dividing the number of runs scored by the number of overs bowled in case of a tie, and awarding no bonus points for batting or bowling, criticising that the bonus points system had not improved the quality of cricket in the league.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe further suggested that the duration of matches be reduced to three days, and the matches be played on a limited overs basis, citing that the winners of the Ranji Trophy went on to play the Wills Trophy which followed the limited overs system.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe further stated that if his suggestions were implemented, other league trophies such as the Cooch Behar Trophy and Vijay Merchant Trophy would need an update of their point systems.

In 1993, Dnyaneshwar Agashe was invited to open the Deodhar Entrance to the Nehru Stadium, Pune.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe served a record seventh term as executive chairman of the Maharashtra Cricket Association, being elected in April 2003.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe was a voting member of the Mumbai Cricket Association, and served as the vice chair of the National Cricket Academy.

Amid factionalism disputes at the Maharashtra Cricket Association, a nine-member interim committee was formed in 2003; this committee was dissolved in 2004, and Dnyaneshwar Agashe was reinstated as chairman of the association.

Later in 2004, Dnyaneshwar Agashe was denied participation in the annual general meeting of the BCCI due to further alleged factional disputes by then BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe was later denied his right to vote in the Board's elections that year by Dalmia, which saw Sharad Pawar losing by one vote to the post of the BCCI's president.

In October 2004, Dnyaneshwar Agashe moved court countermanding the elections, alleging that the absence of his vote ensured an unfair victory to Dalmiya nominee Ranbir Singh Mahendra.

The Madras High Court stated a prima facie case against the elections, with Dnyaneshwar Agashe expressing satisfaction with the court's decision.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe had served a record seventh term at the time of his ousting from the position.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe had been elected the club's president back in 2004.

Hotel Ranjeet, a hotel owned by Dnyaneshwar Agashe was auctioned off for the same reasons.

The defense counsel stated that the Dnyaneshwar Agashe family had extended full cooperation with the police and submitted that the family would repay another Rs.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe died on 2 January 2009, at the age of 66.

Dnyaneshwar Agashe died in the ICU from a heart attack while being treated for diabetic complications.