# Pune Aitihasik Vastu Smriti

The Pune Aitihasik Vastu Smriti (Marathi: पुणे ऐतिहासिक वास्तू स्मृती; lit. transl. Pune Historical Architecture Memory) is an historical society established under the Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust on 5 November 1995, in Pune, Maharashtra in India.
Between 1995 and 2004, the society installed numerous commemorative plaques honouring individuals important to the history of Pune and the culture of Maharashtra. The plaques are installed posthumously, usually outside the honoured individual's residence during their lifetime. The founder of the society, Jayant Shridhar Tilak, modelled it after English Heritage, and their installation of blue plaques across Greater London.
The society further published a guide book-cum-biographical dictionary under the label of Pune Heritage in two volumes, in 1996 and 2004. The volumes detail the location of every blue plaque across Pune, and include biographies of the individuals honoured dually in English and Marathi.
The first plaque installed was that of writer Shivram Mahadev Paranjape in November 1995, where as the 100th plaque installed was that of humorist Purushottam Laxman Deshpande in February 2004. In 2010, several more plaques were inaugurated for Maharashtra Day. By 2020, there were a total of 135 plaques which had been installed, however they were poorly maintained.

## List of plaques

| Honouree | Date |
| Shivram Mahadev Paranjape | 12 November 1995 |
| Hirabai Barodekar | 20 November 1995 |
| Shripad Mahadev Mate | 26 November 1995 |
| Baburao Ganapatrao Jagtap | 3 December 1995 |
| Gopal Vinayak Bhonde | 10 December 1995 |
| Krishnarao Phulambrikar | 17 December 1995 |
| Vitthal Ramji Shinde | 24 December 1995 |
| Kerunana Chhatre | 31 December 1995 |
| D. B. Deodhar | 7 January 1996 |
| Hari Narayan Apte | 14 January 1996 |
| Damodar Gangaram Dhotre | 21 January 1996 |
| Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil | 28 January 1996 |
| D. B. Limaye | 4 February 1996 |
| Annasaheb Patwardhan | 11 February 1996 |
| Vasudev Balwant Phadke | 18 February 1996 |
| V. B. Gogate | 26 February 1996 |
| Gopal Hari Deshmukh | 3 March 1996 |
| Abasaheb Mujumdar | 9 March 1996 |
| Ramabai Ranade | 24 March 1996 |
| Raghunath Shastri Patwardhan | 31 March 1996 |
| Deenanath Mangeshkar | 7 April 1996 |
| Bal Gangadhar Tilak | 23 June 1996 |
| Gopal Ganesh Agarkar | 23 June 1996 |
| Vaman Shivram Apte | 23 June 1996 |
| D. R. Bendre | 30 June 1996 |
| Shankar Vaman Dandekar | 30 June 1996 |
| Ganpat Mahadev Nalawade | 14 July 1996 |
| Datto Vaman Potdar | 6 October 1996 |
| Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar | 14 October 1996 |
| Popatlal Shah | 20 October 1996 |
| R. P. Paranjpye | 27 October 1996 |
| L. B. Bhopatkar | 3 November 1996 |
| Gopal Krishna Gokhale | 17 November 1996 |
| Shivrampant Damle | 24 November 1996 |
| Madhav Julian | 29 November 1996 |
| G. D. Madgulkar | 24 December 1996 |
| Jyotirao Phule | 3 January 1997 |
| Narayan Sitaram Phadke | 19 January 1997 |
| Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale | 2 February 1997 |
| Bal Gandharva | 9 February 1997 |
| Kashibai Kanitkar | 12 March 1997 |
| Pralhad Keshav Atre | 16 March 1997 |
| Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar | 19 March 1997 |
| Shripad Krishna Belvalkar | 25 May 1997 |
| M. R. Jayakar | 20 July 1997 |
| P. N. Rajbhoj | 27 July 1997 |
| S. L. Kirloskar | 3 August 1997 |
| Chapekar brothers | 10 August 1997 |
| Krishnarao Gangurde | 18 August 1997 |
| Keshav Vaman Bhole | 24 August 1997 |
| Ramkrishnabuwa Vaze | 31 August 1997 |
| Anandi Gopal Joshi | 28 September 1997 |
| Shankarrao More | 12 October 1997 |
| Vinayakrao Patwardhan | 9 December 1997 |
| Nanasaheb Phatak | 23 August 1998 |
| Nana Maharaj Sakhare | 13 September 1998 |
| Anant Vishnu Damle | 13 September 1998 |
| Shaikh Fattelal Yasin Mistri | 13 September 1998 |
| V. Shantaram | 4 October 1998 |
| Dhondo Keshav Karve | 9 November 1998 |
| Anandi Karve | 9 November 1998 |
| Raghunath Damodar Khanivale | 26 November 1998 |
| Mahadev Govind Ranade | 29 November 1998 |
| H. V. Tulpule | 3 January 1999 |
| Yashwant Dinkar Pendharkar | 31 January 1999 |
| Shankar Keshav Kanetkar | 31 January 1999 |
| Shridhar Balkrishna Ranade | 31 January 1999 |
| Mahadev Ballal Namjoshi | 21 February 1999 |
| P. G. Sahasrabuddhe | 14 March 1999 |
| Shankar Shyamji Gaikwad | 28 March 1999 |
| Vasukaka Joshi | 18 April 1999 |
| Ganesh Krishna Gadre | 18 April 1999 |
| Kusumagraj | 6 June 1999 |
| Krushnashastri Chiplunkar | 30 July 1999 |
| Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar | 30 July 1999 |
| B. M. Gupte | 29 August 1999 |
| Vasudev Shastri Mahadev Abhyankar | 22 November 1999 |
| Kashinath Vasudev Abhyankar | 22 November 1999 |
| Nilkanth Shankar Navare | 28 November 1999 |
| Bhargavram Achrekar | 23 March 2000 |
| Pandita Ramabai | 7 May 2000 |
| Baba Padmanji | 7 May 2000 |
| Vasudeo Sitaram Bendrey | 16 July 2000 |
| G. S. Mahajani | 27 August 2000 |
| Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar | 8 October 2000 |
| Ganesh Shastri Joshi | 20 October 2000 |
| Narayan Govind Chapekar | 25 February 2001 |
| Gangadhar Balkrushna Sardar | 1 April 2001 |
| Viththal Dattatreya Ghate | 7 May 2001 |
| R. S. Jog | 15 May 2001 |
| Shripad Dattatraya Deshpande | 2 July 2001 |
| Vishnubuwa Jog | 5 July 2001 |
| Y. G. Joshi | 26 August 2001 |
| Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi | 12 November 2001 |
| Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar | 16 December 2001 |
| Chintaman Vinayak Joshi | 6 January 2002 |
| Narayan Ganesh Gore | 17 February 2002 |
| C. Ramchandra | 2 June 2002 |
| Chhota Gandharva | 7 July 2002 |
| Walchand Ramchand Kothari | 14 July 2002 |
| Dadasaheb Torne | 15 September 2002 |
| Sadashiv Govind Barve | 22 December 2002 |
| Sadashiv Vinayak Bapat | 2 February 2003 |
| Vishram Bedekar | 16 February 2003 |
| Malati Bedekar | 16 February 2003 |
| Vaman Dattatreya Gulwani | 30 March 2003 |
| Makrand Govind Bhave | 7 December 2003 |
| Vasantrao Deshpande | 14 December 2003 |
| Shahu Modak | 11 January 2004 |
| Chandrashekhar Agashe | 18 January 2004 |
| Purushottam Laxman Deshpande | 29 February 2004 |

## Publications

* Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust (1 August 1996). पुणे ऐतिहासिक वास्तू स्मृती : नीलफलक मार्गदर्शिका [Pune Heritage : Blue Plaque Guide] (in Marathi and English). Vol. I. J. S. Tilak, chairman; Sarang Sathe, plaque producer; V. K. Mehendale, treasurer; M. S. Dixit, secretary. Pune: Kesari.
* Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust (29 February 2004). पुणे ऐतिहासिक वास्तू स्मृती : नीलफलक मार्गदर्शिका [Pune Heritage : Blue Plaque Guide] (in Marathi and English). Vol. II. M. S. Dixit, president; P. S. Palande, vice president; V. K. Mehendale, treasurer; V. R. Gokhale, secretary; V. S. Pingale, secretary. Pune: Kesari.

## Gallery

* Jyotirao Phule
* Baba Padmanji and Pandita Ramabai
* C. Ramchandra
* D. R. Bendre
* M. R. Jayakar
* Vinchurkar family
* Chandrashekhar Agashe