MRC talk: Talk on 5th October 2024 by Cdr Ninand Phatarphekar on The Secrets of Bombay Dockyard

THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Mumbai Research Centre

talk on "The Secrets of Bombay Dockyard: Shipbuilding and Ship Repair at the Bombay Dockyard in the 18th and 19th Centuries and the Wadia Shipbuilders” by Cdr Ninad Phatarphekar (Retd.)

Saturday, 5th October 2024 at 5.00 p.m.

Mumbai gained prominence as a cotton trading and commercial centre in the mid nineteenth century. Hidden away in the history books is the fact that from 1736 to 1932 over 400 ships and vessels of various descriptions were built at Bombay Dockyard. Added to that are some 220 odd ships and vessels built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. from 1932 onwards taking the total to well over 600 ships and vessels which is a singular achievement for any city or shipyard. Shipbuilding and ship repair is perhaps the oldest industry that still continues to flourish in Mumbai.

The Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai invites you to a talk on The Secrets of Bombay Dockyard: Shipbuilding and Ship Repair at The Bombay Dockyard in the 18th and 19th Centuries and the Wadia Shipbuilders by Cdr Ninad Phatarphekar (Retd.).

Saturday, 5th October 2024
Tea @4:30 pm. Talk @5 pm
Durbar Hall, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai.

- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande,Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson – MRC

MRC Guided visit to the H T Parekh Legacy Centre on 5th October 2024

THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Mumbai Research Centre
invites you to The Legacy of H T Parekh: A retrospective and
exclusive guided visit to the H T Parekh Legacy Centre
on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at 11 am.

The Mumbai Research Centre of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai invites you to The Legacy of H T Parekh: A retrospective and exclusive guided visit to the H T Parekh Legacy Centre on October 5, 2024, at 11 am.

Padma Bhushan H T Parekh was a pathbreaking pioneer who contributed immensely to national and societal needs of fulfilling commercial, industrial and personal finances, as the country grappled with early post-colonial challenges. In his lifetime he created institutions that were behemoths serving as bedrocks of a new economic culture. More during the event...
The event is guided by R Venkatesh who will cover the history of this visionary builder and father of the Indian housing finance industry. A baron of the modern Indian economy, especially banking, finance and stock market-related contributions, with a walk-through of the rich original artefacts in the H T Parekh Legacy Centre. The gallery also encompasses his original office cabin where he reigned for over 5 decades during his lifetime.

H T Parekh Foundation and erstwhile HDFC Limited have done doyen service to historical research by curating this gallery and bringing to life the narrative of a great personality, who hitherto did not have a contemporary autobiography or biography.

R Venkatesh has conducted a series of banking and financial history walks for the MRC over the years, “Urbs Prima in Indis-A microcosm of global banking histories”; this visit is a part of that series. He is an independent researcher presently focused on Mumbai’s history. He holds an M.A. in History (JNU) and a B.A. in History Hons (Delhi University) and is a life member of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, INTACH and a member of the Maritime Mumbai Museum Society.

Members: Rs.500/-
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Non-members: Rs.750/-
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(Please note: H T Parekh Foundation does not charge guests any fee for accessing the gallery).

- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Dr. Shehernaz Nalwalla, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson – MRC

220th AGM Instruction Notice & Resolutions for AGM on 28th September 2024 at 3.30 p.m. (Saturday)

THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
Town Hall, Mumbai 400 001
220th Annual General Meeting
Saturday, 28th September, 2024, at 3.30 p.m.

N O T I C E
1. As per the Resolution No. 15 passed in the 205th AGM (21st August, 2009), the Annual Report of the Society for the year 2023-2024 (containing the Audited Statement of Accounts) and the minutes of the previous AGM of 2023 (219th AGM held on 30th September, 2023) and also the minutes of the Special General Body Meeting held on Saturday, 3rd February 2024) are being sent to the Members by e-mail.
2. The printed copy of the Annual Report (2023-2024) and the minutes of the previous AGM of 2023 (219th AGM held on 30th September, 2023) and also the minutes of the Special General Body Meeting held on Saturday, 3rd February 2024, will also be available at the venue of the AGM on 28th September 2024.
3. Members are requested to intimate to the office in writing, within 30 days after the AGM, their desire to have a hard copy of the draft minutes of the AGM, 2024.
4. According to Rule No.4 of the Rules and Regulations of the Society, the following categories of Members of the Society are entitled to attend the Society’s AGM and vote – Resident, Resident Life, Non-Resident, Non-Resident Life, Patron Life Member, Donor Life Member & the Head of the Member Institute (in case of Institutional Membership).
5. Every member should bring his/her ORIGINAL I-CARD along with him/her at the time of the AGM (NO PHOTOCOPY / DIGITAL COPY / SOFT COPY WILL BE ACCEPTED). No member will be allowed in the meeting without an I-card (IN ORIGINAL).
6. Please note that members’ who are defaulters will not be allowed to attend the AGM.
7. Please pay your subscription before 28th September 2024. (Kindly ignore if payment is already made.)

- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
Place: Town Hall, Mumbai   Date: 13th September, 2024

Download

1.  Notice of 220th AGM dt 23rd August 2024
2.  Notice dated 13th Sept 2024 - Agenda-cum-Resolutions
3.  AGM & Special AGM Minutes
4.  Annual Report 2023-2024
5.  Statement of Accounts and Financial Review

ASM LitClub Book discussion on 15th October 2024 (discussion between the author Abhijeet Bhalerao and Prof. Bhushan Thakare)

THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF MUMBAI
The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
invites you to a discussion on the book: “The Man who Avenged Bhagat Singh”
between the author Abhijeet Bhalerao and Prof. Bhushan Thakare
at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 15th October 2024, in the Durbar Hall of the Society

The Literary Club of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai cordially invites you to a discussion on the book, “The Man who Avenged Bhagat Singh” by Abhijeet Bhalerao, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 15th October 2024, in the Durbar Hall of the Society. The author will be “In Conversation” with Prof. Bhushan Thakare.

“The Man who Avenged Bhagat Singh” covers a little-known episode in the history of the struggle by Indian revolutionaries. Phanindra Nath Ghosh, a comrade turned approver, betrayed Bhagat Singh and his comrades leading to their arrest and subsequent hanging. From the shadows emerges Baikunth Sukul, a relatively unknown teacher from Bihar who vows to exact the maximum revenge. What are his plans and how far does he succeed is what is lucidly portrayed in the book.

Abhijeet Bhalerao wears many hats as an author, translator, artist, screenwriter, visual artist and visiting faculty at the School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, University of Mumbai. By profession he is an Inspector with the Department of Income Tax, Government of India. Currently he is researching and writing a screenplay for an epic biopic “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj”, scheduled for release in 2026 in six languages. He has translated the cult classic Marathi novel “Chandrachi Sawali” into English in addition to a children’s book “365 Tales of Ganesha and Shivaji”, and the “Jail Diaries of Bhagat Singh.”

Professor Bhushan Thakare is a member of the faculty at the School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, University of Mumbai. He has published numerous research papers in his subject and has participated in several national and international level seminars. In addition, he is a member of the Regional Advisory Committee, Western Region, Indian Council of cultural Relations (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
Please join us for tea at 4.30 pm.

- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande,Hon. Secretary Asiatic Society of Mumbai
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - ASM LitClub

Justice K.T. Telang Memorial Lecture on 24th October 2024 by Dr. Pradeep Chakravarthy

The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to
the 31st Justice K.T. Telang Memorial Lecture

by

Dr. Pradeep Chakravarthy
Author & Historian

on

“Multiple temple traditions in Tamil Nadu"

on

Thursday, 24th October, 2024 at 5.30 p.m.
in the Durbar Hall of the Society.

Mr. Paul Abraham
Founder, Sarmaya Arts Foundation,

will preside.

Please join us for tea at 5.00 p.m.

- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson, Endowment Lectures Committee

YOUTUBE LINK

ENDOWMENT LECTURES SECTION 

• Recording Billimoria Endowment Lecture by Prof Mayank Vahia held on 3rd September 2024
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1brEZ3hM8toTKCc-SqsZMR1acoySLijlg/view?usp=sharing
  
  
• Twelfth Durga Bhagwat Endowment Lecture by Professor Subhash Walimbe
  Retd. Faculty, Deccan College PGRI (Deemed University), Pune on“Peopling of the Indian subcontinent”
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uVUar13sngqH6HYYE2qMoBUQpe7nS4Me/view?usp=sharing
  

• 14th B. G. Deshmukh Endowment Lecture by Dr. K.P. Krishnan, IAS (Retd),
  Former Secretary, Government of India on "Making Regulation in India work better"
  https://youtu.be/Ix9tU5TtFa0
  

• Fourth Dr Meera Kosambi Endowment Lecture held on 12th March 2024 
  by Dipankar Gupta on “The Urban Shift: From Patriarchy to Masculinity” 
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d24c6G5dSaNXSSjblX7xJkvKDjXAJp1E/view?usp=sharing
  
  
• Prof. L B Kenny Endowment Lecture held on 21st February 2024 by Brinda Somaya
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EUZLdYSU5hnXfrzPWgcfwm6ph3uPMc17/view?usp=sharing
  

• 30^th Smt. Bansari Sheth Memorial Lecture by Mr Justice Rohinton Nariman Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and former Solicitor General of India
  on  “The Constitution of India:  Checks and Balances” held on Friday, 15^th December 2023
  https://www.youtube.com/live/JMNW2QCM9ac?si=ncSY4v3lt8XSdiFN
  

• Dr Mani Kamerkar Endowment Lecture   by   Dr. Ramachandra Guha held on 8th December 2023
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sqoxBRA_6SdVgjNJS1-KcO7swud2x0aN/view?usp=sharing
  
  
• Lit Club talk held on 30th August 2023 by Dr. Usha Thakkar and Dr. Pam Rajput
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Od8wdaMga2HYlA2d4k5cNKUFhf7ZJpVJ/view?usp=sharing
  

• Third Dr Meera Kosambi Endowment Lecture by Arshia Sattar, Ph.D. to be held on 29^th March 2023 
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/19suuGtPEDCiz78sGzb9FadrLYnIPYqXF/view?usp=share_link
  

• 13th B G Deshmukh Endowment Lecture by Ambassador Shyam Saran held on 5th April 2023
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GzFryOw8_evH_yTkxUqjVig7snRrYJRm/view?usp=share_link
  
  
• Gulestan & Rustom Billimoria Lecture by Prof. Naman Ahuja held on 27th February 2023 : 
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JaOmgKBMlWhGPy1nWRuqAALqg6u38dE9/view?usp=share_link
  

• Eleventh Professor Dhirendra Narain Endowment Lecture by Dr. Chithra Madhavan, Historian, on “Art and Architecture of the Pallavas - bearing on Society and Culture,” 
  Dr. Usha R Vijailakshmi, Professor of History, Patkar-Varde College & Vice President, Asiatic Society of Mumbai, presided at the lecture.:
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AJBFvv1PqeOQJZ2LWcVOF_qewXs3-gGW/view?usp=share_link

• ASM LitClub talk by Dr Manil Suri held on 24-01-2023 : : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FDuwkqMIYpeRQVoJOg7rgzVzGhmN8vkk/view?usp=share_link

• 33rd Nabadurga Banerji  Endowment Lecture held on 18th January 2023 by Dr. Choodamani Nandagopal, Art Historian, UNESCO Fellow & Tagore National Fellow, 
  on “Imagery of Female Messengers Dutikas/Sakhis in Indian Art, Thought and Literature.” : https://drive.google.com/file/d/18rDPm4XHpqWBFoMyQ9UAmrEYd7_jdDvI/view?usp=share_link
• Dr. Mani Kamerkar Endowment Lecture by Dr. Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi held on 7th November 2022 : 1. https://youtu.be/8XMmBMNV3VE (part 1) / 2. https://youtu.be/0tP5zhoW544 ( part 2)
• Dr. Meera Kosambi Endowment Lecture : https://youtu.be/MqeLV8MLT8E
• The 12th B.G. Deshmukh Endowment Lecture (Online) delivered by Professor Bharat Karnad - YouTube held on 2nd March 2022 : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQZvEZBUsEU
• The 24th Gulestan and Rustom Billimoria Endowment Lecture (Online) by Professor Vasant Shinde on 23rd February 2022 : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SuukxGXZmRo
• The 27th Bansari Sheth Memorial Lecture by Justice Gautam Patel  : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEnWx1GYcAs
  
• 23rd Gulestan and Rustom Billimoria Endowment Lecture delivered by Dr Jonathan Mark Kenoyer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ugAURDFI5M
• 15th Mani Kamerkar Endowment Lecture : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfQWiREpJiI
• “The Ant who Swallowed the Sun - The Abhangs of the Marathi Women Saints” : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I46Yp-Uu0nI
• Nabadurga Banerjee Endownment Lecture by Dr. Radhika Seshan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTHBtfDfPQQ
• 9th Durga Bhagwat Endowment Lecture by Dr. Shrikant Bahulkar : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NrTd0c2BlE
• Ninth Professor Dhirendra Narain Endowment Lecture delivered by Professor Dr Phiroze Vasunia : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU_T9Pjn2M0
• 27th Justice K.T. Telang Memorial Lecture (online) by Dr Madhavi Kolhatkar : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=immO1uO9uYk
• 11^th B G Desmukh Endowment Lecture by Mr. Harsh Mariwala, Chairman, Marico Industries : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jskIs1YozpE 
• The 40th Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. P. V. Kane Memorial Lecture : https://youtu.be/iKhVHPUTYyk
• Dr. Usha Thakkar on the Congress Radio: Voice of Freedom in 1942 : https://youtu.be/c1xNJfAOwWs
• Maharashtra through Maps Session I - Palghar to Sindhudurg with Sudhakar Solomonraj : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReZyHm9wbgU&feature=youtu.be
• Maharashtra through Maps Session II - Khandesh to Western Ghats with Sudhakar Solomonra : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuG-2BliqQY&ab_channel=MumbaiFestival
• Maharashtra through Maps Session III - Marathwada with Sudhakar Solomonraj : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vpcXMU2Xu
• Maharashtra through Maps Session IV - Vidarbha with Sudhakar Solomonraj : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9vc2EEpTqA&ab_channel=MumbaiFestival
• Two Hundred Years of Mumbai na Shamachar: Public Address by Berjis Desai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ymryQyE9o
• Congress Radio - Voice of Freedom in 1942 : https://youtu.be/c1xNJfAOwWs
• From Bombay to Bokhara: India and Afghanistan in the Age of Empire : https://youtu.be/rzS3k5pn1cI
• 32nd Nabadurga Banerji Lecture held on 15th November 2021 : https://youtu.be/_doJBtEGjDQ 
• The 16th Dr. Mani Kamerkar Endowment Lecture “Early Christian Sailing Circuits in the Western Indian Ocean,’ held on 4th January 2022. : https://drive.google.com/file/d/16E0hyiUBudOJMk16DwD7e8edZEoTXEkE/view
• 32nd Nabadurga Banerji Endowment Lecture “Radio, academies, public concerts and the staging of modern Indian classical music: a case for new socio-aesthetic categories,” on 15th November 2021 : https://youtu.be/_doJBtEGjDQ
• 13^th Professor L. B. Kenny Endowment Lecture (Online) by Rahul Mehrotra, Architect and Professor of Urban Design and Planning, Harvard University, on ‘Architecture and Planning in a  Time of FLUX’
     held on 17th January 2022. : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VwBj0hVix0WZ6rz57dRpo8_Eu2F_Z-aD/view?ts=61eb787a
• Professor Jyotindra Jain: The Ferocious Consort ( 10 th Durga Bhagwat Endowment Lecture) : https://youtu.be/Yi8pcrOrnps

Lit Club Lecture : https://youtu.be/_doJBtEGjDQ

• The Ranakpur temple ( Justice K T Telang lecture by Dr. Saryu Doshi) :
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uxJkdErgYz0rpsGbql3q7o5OIVAegpk8/view?usp=share_link
  
• Recording of Lit Club talk by Sunil Shanbag : 
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RWEqEfh6g98g1RsmIAY3am21RB74b8TU/view?usp=share_link
• Lit Club Lecture: The Heritage of the Kakatiyas of Warangal - Dr. Varsha Shirgaonkar 
  Youtube link :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EmhNU-bQnc&feature=youtu.be

Aroon Tikekar Fellowship Award and Guest Lecture

• 5th Dr Aroon Tikekar Memorial Fellowship - Award & Guest Lecture : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml3SK_jbb2E&

MRC Lectures

• Gerald Aungier (1640-1677), President of Surat and the 2nd Governor of Bombay (1669-1677), succeeding George Oxenden : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dJnCT6gMsYRT7CJmboiaCTvciwg_rDzB/view?usp=share_link
• Shokhiyon mein ghola jaye... A Musical programme on Dev Anand. Concept and presentation Manek Premchand : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14wkd00jjEvdWyADtT7g8szGTtKHbyhUF?usp=sharing
•  Bombay Memorabilia (Part I) by Rajan Jayakar :  https://youtu.be/RZJKOPJMeNs
•  Bombay Memorabilia (Part II) by Rajan Jayakar : https://youtu.be/M7rg9gitkS0
• MRC Public Lecture - The Story of Bombay Through Philately by Pascal Roque Lopes : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9rMU07YwDY
• In Search of the Unknown - A Photographic Talk by Bharath Ramarutham : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVDDjXldXwY
• Seeing Time - Public Clocks of Bombay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRyrPVKGlLg
• Orientation - The Geography of Belief : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdQbhFVeDCI
• From Tents Shows to the Lost Cinemas - The Story of Bombay's Early Film Culture by Sharon Irani : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q6-oDStWOw
• Jashn - Literature Panel Discussion : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96OXNTl0Zco
• Jashn- Forgotten Mumbai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duexhujh7u0
• Jashn - Ranjit Hoskote - Alkazi in 1950s Bombay : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4oJBk-7-Pk
• Jashn – Masala Trail with Anjali Koli : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6vqH6OXkk4&
• Jashn – Closing Ceremony and Valedictory Address by Gyan Prakash : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3cuY4QvpE
• Jashn - The Story of Mumbai through Puppets : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hba1khK-eY
• Jashn - TRANSLATING THE CITY : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uGTIljCHM0
• Jashn - BOMBAY EK GEET : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lWv-gFeWQ
• Jashn - HERITAGE, CONSERVATION AND DEMOCRACY : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMEQBWrr5yo
• DASTAAN MUMBAI MEIN THEATRE KE AMAD KA : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1qCDl-QyM8
• Jashn - RIVERS OF BOMBAY : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpZrwDGTWXg
• Jashn - LIVE DEMO OF GRANTH SANJEEVANI : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egJ0phEB3ig
• Jashn - LOOK UP MUMBAI : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSEPqwXvzK4
• Jashn- THE OTHER MUMBAI : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8YHNHbBveM
• Jashn - A GLIMPSE INTO THE ASIATIC SOCIETY : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V2tKWttic0
• Jashn - WATER WALK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jK30Jq9yow
• Jashn - A MARITIME VOYAGE OF MUMBAI : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=278ivj_F1Jk
• Jashn - KEYNOTE ADDRESS : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLrz1tin5kE
• Jashn Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S1ZSsBVZts
• Jashn – Christopher London (Original) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPZdz9D0rrU
• Jashn-e-Dastaan-e-Mumbai Live with Rochelle Potkar : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSnKeQtUhOY

Foundation Day

• 217th Foundation Day Lectures by Jim Masselos and Arvind Ganachari : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S_uYPdoeV4
• Conservation of Old Books in the Asiatic Society of Mumbai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZCZn3xyr4
• Rare Books and Microfilming in the Asiatic Society of Mumbai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvxeftcfEsw
• Binding of Old Books in the Asiatic Society of Mumbai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3izVaXufSjQ
• Governor of Maharashtra visits Asiatic Society of Mumbai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrIADNrT68
• Granth Sanjeevani : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3UxTfBopsA
  
  
• Street Fauna and the Ecology of Mumbai : https://youtu.be/jwQ3OXhLyO4
• Naturally Mumbai: A Tribute to Sunderlal Bahuguna : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9d744Kdh3Q&ab_channel=MumbaiFestival
• Caring for Life: the Cipla Story since 1935  : https://youtu.be/LLScHbU5vrM
• Regenerating India's Ecological Civilization and Aranya Sanskriti" by Dr. Vandana Shiva" : https://youtu.be/QeAtggC6ePg
• Farokh Udwadia on "Medicine in Bombay Through the Ages": https://youtu.be/m-U_6X4dVVI