Marathi Plays & Theatre and Chess
Sangli is famous for Marathi Plays & Theatre. Sangli city is known as Natyapandhari, the birthplace of Marathi drama. The city has a rich cultural influence of Marathi music and drama.
Sangli is also famous for the game "Chess". Sangli has tradition of chess at least of Two centuries.Haripur, nearing village and Sangli itself is the motherland of this game. Dajiba Date, Bandambhat Mehandale was the founder of the game in this area. Baba Bodas, Anna Gadre, Vinayakrao Khadilkar, Gangadharpant Paranjape, Narayanrao Joshi, from Miraj, Panditrao Gadre, Adv. Joshi, Prof. Alukar and even His Majesty Chhatrapati Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj Kolhapur were the shining stars in the field of chess at that time. The rich as well as ordinary people took interest in the game.
In the year 1942 Late. Rambhau Bhide established southern Maratha Country chess club in the Wada of late. Govindrao Padsalgikar. In 1930. Late. Shrimant Dadasaheb Gadgil, Late Vishnupant Rajwade, Late. Trmmannacharya Padsalgikar founded chess society, Sangli. It arranged some chess Tournaments. In 1935, chess of 10 games was arranged between Late. Sultan khan who was the champion of the British Empire and late. Vinayakrao Khadilkar, the first Indian who had gone abroad for the chess tournaments.From 1922 to1925 chess Tournaments of Southern Maratha Country championship were arranged by late. Dy. Vasudeo Narayan Desai in Sangli Gymkhana. From that time, chess was the game of all common people of Sangli truly. In 1929 Deval Club of Sangli also arranged chess Tournaments. On 23 December 1941, "Nutan Buddhibal Mandal" was founded in memory of late. Vishnu Ramchandra Rajawade by late Bhausaheb Rajwade, late Dajisaheb Dixit, late Sopanrao shingare and Bhaurao Padsalgikar. To canvce and make the game of chess popular, collect the literature of the game, arrange chess Tournaments.
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Famous quotes containing the words plays, theatre and/or chess:
“Better to be despised and have a servant, than to be self-important and lack food.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 12:9.
RSV translation reads, “Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.”
“To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the plague. They poison the air, they make art impossible. It is not drama that they play, but pieces for the theatre. We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air; the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come to digest their dinner.”
—Eleonora Duse (1859–1924)
“But compared with the task of selecting a piece of French pastry held by an impatient waiter a move in chess is like reaching for a salary check in its demand on the contemplative faculties.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)