A medical college’s sports committee

Image and Narrative contributed by Krishna Algotar and Dr M. J. Algotar, Ex.Professor & Head, Department of Surgery, & Ex Vice-Dean, Grant Medical College This photograph is from my collection of the medical college I worked in. The lady sitting in front is ‘Mai Ambedkar’, Mrs. Savita Ambedkar, wife of Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar. Grant Medical College is […]

The first captain of the Indian cricket team to play England

Image and Narrative contributed by Geetali Tare, Himachal Pradesh. Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, or C.K. Nayudu, as he is better known, was born in Nagpur in October 1895. He made his debut in first class cricket 1916, playing for the Hindus against the Europeans. He  played first-class cricket regularly until 1958, and then returned to the […]