Brihans Natural Products Ltd. is an Indian natural cosmetics and consumer products company based in Shaniwar Peth, Pune, Maharashtra, India. The company manufactures skin care, hair care and health care products.
Founded in 2000, by Mandar Agashe, it has been headed since 2005 by his sister Sheetal Agashe. In 2017, "Business Insider" reported that the company was a major manufacturer of Aloe vera products in India.
Sheetal Agashe
Sheetal Agashe is an Indian businesswoman. She began her career as an actress; her most notable role being that of an eponymous character in the sitcom from 1999 to 2003. In 2005, she joined Brihans Natural Products Ltd. as the company's managing director.
Agashe was born in Pune, India, the daughter of Dnyaneshwar Agashe, and granddaughter of Chandrashekhar Agashe.
In April 2018, Agashe won Times of India's Pune Visionary award for her contribution to the Ayurvedic skincare industry as managing director of the company. In July, she won Pune's Most Powerful 2018-19 award by Femina, also for her position at the company.
Mandar Agashe
Mandar Agashe (born 24 May 1969) is an Indian musician, music producer, and businessman. He is the founder and vice chairman of Sarvatra Technologies. He is best known for the controversial case surrounding the alleged scam by the Suvarna Sahakari Bank in 2008.
Agashe was born in Mumbai to Dnyaneshwar Agashe and Rekha Gogte. Him and his siblings, Ashutosh Agashe and Sheetal Agashe, are the grandchildren of industrialist Chandrashekhar Agashe. He also has two children from a former marriage, including Adi Agashé.
In 1998, he released his first album, "Nazar Nazar". The album was recorded in Hindi and English, several songs from the albums were featured on MTV India. In 2003, Agashe made music for international listeners and released a single in Germany called "I Need Someone". In 2016, he released a album with Asha Bhosle called "82", reflecting Asha's age at the time of recording.
Dnyaneshwar Agashe
Dnyaneshwar Agashe (17 April 1942 – 2 January 2009) was an Indian businessman, cricketer, cricket administrator and philanthropist.
He was vice-president of Board of Control for Cricket in India from 1995 to 1999. He became a member of the Maharashtra Cricket Association in 1969 and became the association's executive chairman in 1989. He was chairman and managing director of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd., chairman of Kolhapur Steel and founder of Suvarna Sahakari Bank and Mandar Printing Press.
Agashe and his family came into public scandal in 2008, in the Suvarna Sahakari Bank scam. While in judicial custody during the scandal, Agashe died of complications from diabetes.
A wicketkeeper-batsman, Agashe played for between 1962 and 1968 and scored two half-centuries in 13 matches. His best season came in 1964–65 where he made his career-best 75, took ten catches and made two stumpings.
Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd.
The Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. is an Indian sugar company headquartered in Pune, India.
The company was founded in 1934 by Chandrashekhar Agashe, who served as its managing director till his death in 1956. is elder son, Panditrao Agashe served as managing director of the syndicate from 1956 till his own death in 1983. After which, Agashe's younger son, Dnyaneshwar Agashe, served as managing director of the company till 1996; serving as chairman of the syndicate till his death in 2009. Agashe's grandson, Ashutosh Agashe has been managing director at the company since 17 December 1996.
Chandrashekhar Agashe
Chandrashekhar Agashe (; : Candraśekhara Āgāśe; 14 February 1888 — 9 June 1956) was an Indian 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 from 1932 to 1934.
Today, the Chandrashekhar Agashe College of Physical Education in Pune, the "CGA - BMTRC" in the , and the Chandrashekhar Agashe High School in Shreepur are named after him. He is also the namesake of the Chandrashekhar Agashe Museum wing in the and the Chandrashekhar Agashe Road in . He also became the namesake of the "Agashe pattern", a means of , among businesses and press in Maharashtra between 1934 and 1956.
Panditrao Agashe
Jagdish "Panditrao" Agashe (1936 – 1983) was an Indian businessman. He was the elder brother of the late business magnate Dnyaneshwar Agashe, eldest son of industrialist Chandrashekhar Agashe. He served as the managing director of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. after his father. Today, the , a private, co-educational day school located at in Pune, India, is named after him.
Ashutosh Agashe
Ashutosh Agashe (born 21 October 1972) is an Indian cricket player and businessman. In his youth, he played the . He is currently managing director of Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd..
Suvarna Sahakari Bank
Suvarna Sahakari Bank was a private Indian co-operative bank started by Dnyaneshwar Agashe in 1969.
It was started to cater to the banking needs, primarily of Pune's middle class Marathi population. After the controversial 2004 BCCI election scandal, the bank is most notable as the central business involved in Agashe's alleged scam case between 2006 and 2008, follow by plans for a merger with , it was finally dissolved and merged with in 2009.
The bank's failure amidst a political scandal is widely cited today in the .
Ingemar Mundebo
Kurt Allan "Ingemar" Mundebo, (15 October 1930 – 7 September 2018) was a Swedish politician. He was a member of the Liberal People's Party and former budget and economy minister. He was born in Långasjö, Sweden.
Mundebo was Member of Parliament of Sweden for Stockholm between 1965 to 1980. He was also the governor of Uppsala County between 1980 and 1986.
Mundebo died on 7 September 2018 in Lidingö, Sweden at the age of 87.
Szarlota Pawel
Eugenia Szarlota Pawel-Kroll (1947 – 7 September 2018) was a Polish comic book artist. She was known as the creator of the popular series about "Kleks". She was born in Warsaw.
Pawel died of colorectal cancer on 7 September 2018 in Warsaw at the age of 71.
Peter Donat
Peter Donat (born Pierre Collingwood Donat; January 20, 1928 – September 10, 2018) was a Canadian-American actor. He was born in Kentville, Nova Scotia. From 1965 to 1972, he was married to Michael Learned. Donat was known for his roles in "", "The X-Files", and in "The China Syndrome".
Donat died at his home in Point Reyes Station, California, on September 10, 2018, due to complications of diabetes, aged 90.
Hossein Erfani
Hossein Erfani Parsaei (1942 – 12 September 2018) was an Iranian voice actor. He was born in Tehran. Erfani was known for Persian voice-dubbing in foreign movies.
Erfani voiced dubbed Humphrey Bogart roles in "Maltese Falcon" and "Casablanca" and Clark Gable role as Rhett Butler From Gone with the Wind. He has also dubbed over some of Orson Welles, Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Gene Hackman, Toshiro Mifune, William Holden, Morgan Freeman and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Erfani died in Tehran of lung cancer on 12 September 2018 at the age of 76.
Henry Kalis
Henry Joseph Kalis (March 2, 1937 – September 12, 2018) was an American politician. He was born in Easton, Minnesota. He was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1975 to 2003. He was a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party.
Kalis died on September 12, 2018, in Albert Lea, Minnesota from emphysema, aged 81.
Easton, Minnesota
Easton is a city in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 199 at the 2010 census.
Point Reyes Station, California