What is Chandrashekhar Agashe?
[[File:Chandrashekhar-agashe-circa-1950.jpg|thumb|]] '''Chandrashekhar Agashe''' ({{lang-mr| चंद्रशेखर आगाशे}}; [[:en:IAST|IAST]]: '''Candraśekhara Āgāśe'''; 14 February 1888 — 9 June 1956) was an [[India]]n [[:en:Business magnate|industrialist]] and [[lawyer]], best remembered as the founder of the [[Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd.]] He served as the managing director of the company from its inception in 1934 till his death in 1956. He served as the [[President]] of the [[:en:Bhor State|Bhor State Council]] from 1932 to 1934. Today, the [[Chandrashekhar Agashe College of Physical Education]] in [[Pune]], the ''CGA - BMTRC'' in the [[:en:Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce|Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce]], and the Chandrashekhar Agashe High School in [[Shreepur, Maharashtra|Shreepur]] are named after him. He is also the namesake of the Chandrashekhar Agashe Museum wing in the [[:en:Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum|Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum]] and the Chandrashekhar Agashe Road in [[:en:Shaniwar Peth, Pune|Shaniwar Peth, Pune]]. He also became the namesake of the ''[[Agashe pattern]]'', a means of [[:en:equity crowdfunding|equity crowdfunding]], among businesses and press in [[Maharashtra]] between 1934 and 1956. ==Bibliography== *{{cite book|editor-last2=Vartak|editor-first2=Taraprakash|editor-last3=Belvalkar|editor-first3=Sharchandra|year=2002|title=Putra Viśvastācā : Gaurava Grantha|last=|first=|trans-title=The Son of the Trusted One : A Festschrift|url=https://www.bookwire.com/book/USA/Putra-Vishwastacha-9781532345944--Dnyaneshwar-Agashe-Foundation-60041345|language=mr|edition=1st|location=[[Pune]]|publisher=Dnyaneshwar Agashe Gaurava Samitī|isbn=978-1-5323-4594-4|editor-last=Barve|editor-first=Ramesh|lccn=2017322865|oclc=992168227|access-date=2018-09-16|archive-date=2021-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123130333/https://www.bookwire.com/book/USA/Putra-Vishwastacha-9781532345944--Dnyaneshwar-Agashe-Foundation-60041345|url-status=dead}} *{{cite book|last=Karandikar|first=Shakunta