heavily criticized by his competition, who viewed it as self-fulfilling. Agashe began constructing the Agashe Primary School in the village of Shreepur in April 1942, with the school receiving sanctions from the Government in July 1943. He further donated to the campaign of Indian freedom fighter Narhar Vishnu Gadgil. He also donated to the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute towards their research work on the Mahabharata. He also established the Brihan Maharashtra Bhavan in New Delhi for the growing Marathi diaspora in the capital. Legacy Agashe died of a Myocardial infarction at the age of 68 on 9 June 1956 at his residence in Shaniwar Peth, Pune. He was survived by his wife Indirabai Agashe, until her death in 1981. He was survived in business by his sons Panditrao Agashe and Dnyaneshwar Agashe. He is remembered as one of the influential people from Pune in the 20th century. In July 1977, the founder of the Mahrashtriya Mandal of Pune, Shivrampant Damle, established the Chandrashekhar Agashe College of Physical Education in Gultekdi, Pune, honoring Agashe posthumously. Agashe was further honored when the Pune Municipal Corporation renamed the street in Shaniwar Peth, Pune where his family had maintained a traditional brahmin Wada upon relocating to Pune, as the Chandrashekhar Agashe Road. In 1993/94, the Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce celebrated its golden jubilee by commissioning the Chandrashekhar Govind Agashe Business Motivation, Training and Research Centre (CGA – BMTRC) in his honor, which was inaugurated in August 1998. Agashe's sons began work on the Chandrashekhar Agashe High School in the village of Shreepur in 1955, and donated his family collection of ancient Indian musical instruments to the Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum. The exhibit was titled the Chandrashekhar Agashe Museum wing, honoring the kinship of Agashe's widow and the founder of the museum, Dr. Dinkar G. Kelkar, with them being fourth cousins. In 1992, Agashe was the subject of a biography written by his second-eldest daughter Shakuntala Karandikar. In 1997, Agashe became the namesake of his great-grand son Chandrashekhar Agashe II. In 2004, the Pune Ithihasik Vastu Smruti (Pune Heritage department of the Kesari Trust) honoured Agashe with a blue plaque outside the Deo Wada, his residence during his lifetime, in Shaniwar Peth, Pune. Notes References Bibliography Further reading 1888 births 1956 deaths Indian industrialists 20th-century Indian lawyers Indian Hindus Businesspeople from Pune 20th-century Indian businesspeople 20th-century Indian philanthropists Businesspeople from Maharashtra Indian company founders