“Diwan Bahadur” Yeshwant Ballapa Borkar

“Diwan Bahadur”  Yeshwant Ballapa Borkar 

Kodibag Karwar   

Wife:  Savitri (Shanta) Pandurang Nadkarni ( Ankola)

1. First Graduate from GSB community  in 1888.

2.  Posted as Collector of Karwar District.

3. Awarded “Diwan Bahadur “ Honors by British Govt. for his work.

4. Became  ‘Diwan ‘  (equivalent to Prime Minister)  of then Janjira  and Murud State.

5. Expired during posting of Diwan at Janjira and Murud State during 1926.

Daughters:  (all expired)

1.Ganga Mahabaleshwar Wagle,  (Mumbai)

2.Mathura Narayan Nadkarni,  (Ankola)

3.Amba Haribhau Ginde  (Belgaum)

4.Hirabai Vishwanath Nadkarni  ( Ankola)

Sons:  (all Expired)

1.Govind Yeshwant Borkar  (Mumbai)

2.Balkrishna Yeshwant Borkar  (Mumbai)

3. Vithal Yeshwant Borkar  (Mumbai)  was an Editor of  marathi magazine called “Navjivan”  -  My father

Shankar Dattatrya Borkar Birth Place: Borim , Goa Birth Date: March 27, 1922 Death Date: March 18, 2002  

Family 

Wife: Mrinalini Shankar Borkar Son & Daughter-in-law: Gurudutta & Veena Borkar Grand children: Geetanjali & Arvin Raj Daughter & Son-in-law: Meenal & Dilip Sanvordekar Grand children: Priya, Anupa, Shilpa &  her husband Rahul Dharwadkar Daughter & Son-in-law: Mrudula & Vinayak Kamat Grand children: Vilas  

Education 

Schooling: Maratha School College: B.Sc.from Wislon College   

Professional Career 

Magnetic Observatory, Alibag Imperial Bank State Bank of India retired as General Manager Consultant for 10 Co-operative Banks after retirement  

Other Interest 

Table Tennis champion in College Tabla, Viloin & Flute player - Radio artist  Astrology expert Poet - Wrote Marathi & Konkani poems  Selected poems published in a book   

Awards 

Two scholarships in College 

 Tulsidas Shambhu Borkar is mentioned in Limca Book of Records in the Hobbies category-Keychains. He started collecting key chains from 1960 and in 1992 he had 1600 keychains without duplicates. Presently his son Pradeep T. Borkar continues the tradition and the count is around 2500 keychains and growing. The display of his collection keychains, lighters and minature cars is in the below slideshow (under construction)

Refer attachments for his Limca Book of Records mention in 1992 & 1996.

Born : 1947

Wife: Shobha Dinkar Rangnekar

Qualification:  AMIERE (UK)         MIETE

1.  Youngest Patent holder of India.  Got the Patent rights at the Age of 18 years. 

2.  Written more than 500 papers on the subject of Electronics, Computers etc in Science Today – A Times of India Publication and Science Age – A Nehru Centre Publication.

3.  Winner of an Award by Invention Promotion Board.

4.  Tech Director  of Industrial Electronics Instrumentation  Manufacturing  Limited Company  for over 35 years. Now retired.

5.  Recipient of Prestigious “ Samman Patra “ Awarded by Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India as one of the highest income tax payers. 

Two Sons:

1 Dr. Milind Anil Borkar Ph. D  in DSP Technology. Working as Research Engineer in Texas Instruments , Dallas Texas. USA.  Married to Erika Diniz.

2. Amol Anil Borkar completing Ph.D  in Image Processing Technology at Georgia Tech, Atlanta ,  GA USA. Accomplished swimmer with national and international recognistion Family is certified for scuba diving. Anil and Shobha have travelled extensively throughout the world (Antartica, Arctic, Tibet, Everest base camp with 140 km of walk, Equador, Norway, Water rafting on Bramhaputra and Indus rivers from origin to the ocean. The travel is supported by passion for digital photography and portfolio of exotic pictures. 

Dr. Bhaskar Mablu Shenvi Borkar (alias Venktubab or Dada) also called Dotot Bascora Mablu Sinai Borcar was born on 23 February 1885 in Bori, Ponda Goa. He is the first Hindu Doctor from Goa to complete 5 year Portuguese medical course " Medico Surgao" from Escola Medico, Panaji Goa in October 2011 with first class distinction.  He also passed a course of Pharmaceutico (B.Pharm). He was attached to many medical stores in Panaji & Margao as an advisory person. 

Bhaskar Pandurang Borkar, Venktubab's grandfather acquired knowledge to cure ailments using herbs from the ayurvedic tradition.  This medicine genes came from his grandfather.

Venktubab was the youngest son of Mablu & Bhagirati (from Dalvi family of Adfade). He lost his father when he was 3 and his mother (studied upto 2nd std) brought up the 12 members of the  joint family managing a small grocery stores started by Mablu.  Early education was under his mother in marathi 3rd std. His mother pawned her jewelery so her son could study the medical course.

Portuguese teacher Signior Aventino Pereira laid the foundation of writing and speaking upto 4th std. He excel in the exam to study upto 8th std in Margao and appear for Leecevo entrance test. Further he passed the entrance exam and studied Leecevo course for 4 years in Panaji in 1905.

The stay at Dhempe family house in Panaji supported him during the 5 year medical course. As there was no money for purchasing books he spend all his time in the college library to make notes. He passed his medical course with flying colors even with bias of two local Goan doctors. His professor and Dean looking at his talent wanted him to go to portugal for further studies, but due to financial constraints his dream to go abroad was lost.

The entire Hindu community rejoiced the first doctor and was honored in all major cities of Goa by the prominent families. The event was published in all Marathi & Portuguese news papers of the time.

He was offered the post of "Chef de delegado de Sauuda" (Chief Health Officer for entire Goa), but he politely declined the post and decided to practice medicine in interior parts of Goa for the  poor. 

With blessings from his 92 year grandmother, mother and teacher Pereira he started his medical practice. Soon their financial situation was better and Venktubab cleared all debts and got his mothers gold pawned with this money lender. He and his brothers built a house for the family and named Bhagirathi Sadan.

He practiced for 40 years in Sankhali,  Porvoirm, Margao, Quepem and last Delolali Nashik. where he settled. He aas appointed Delegado de Souoda & Official de Registo de Civivl at Quepem. He was a visiting professor from 1911 till he was in Goa.

He was the President of the Datta Maharaj Temple in Sankhalim, also member of he Panaji Goa & Quepem municipality

He recorded all his life events in a compilation "My Memoir of my Life" . He died at his residence in Mumbai in January 1963.