Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary

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Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary

(Diary of the Hon’ble Mr. G.S. Khaparde (events between 1910 December and 1918 March)

 

1911 21 January Saturday

Amravati.

 

I had court work today & got up early in the morning though not feeling well. I

could not sleep as usual last night. There was not time to do much in the

morning. A few clients came & Gopalrao Dorle read their papers. After breakfast

I & Dorle went to court and appeared before Mr Price, in the appeal adjourned to

today. Pandit Rao Joshi appeared on the other side. The court decided to examine

a witness in appeal though he was cancelled by the other side in the L.C. This

is very unusual & I pointed out the thing to the Court. The appeal was

adjourned to 11th Feb next and I returned home, & not feeling well lay down.

There is a kind of lumbago in my back & I felt uneasy. So I came out & lay in

the long chair reading. Shriram came & sat talking about a matter that he was

fighting in the Session ’s

Court. A young man who has grown long matted hair & lets them fall all round his

face & be something like a veil even on the eyes, came in a cart driven by

himself. I noticed him near my house under one of the trees on the roadside. He

drove into my compound. So I went near him & saluted as he was dressed as a

Sadhu in saffron robe. At my request he came & sat down in my verandah.

Mahadeva, who is an ex-post office officer was also present. Shriram thinks the

Sadhu is a detective & hinted to me accordingly. The Sadhu said that he had seen

me before. I replied that I remembered nothing. He said that was true, but he

remembered it. To use his expression he said “the black dog has become white.”

He sat talking of my visit to England, then asked that I should

build a small house for him near Kondeshwar & I replied that I had not the means

at present to comply with his request. Then he asked for Ganja .We sent for it &

he had a smoke. He had his bulls fed, and towards dusk went away. V.K.Kale, &

Karandikar came while he was sitting & joined in the conversation. We sat

talking after he went about Sayin Maharaj of Sherdi till about 8.30 P.M.

 

 

 

1911 5 December Tuesday

Amravati –Shirdi

 

In the morning I got up as usual, prayed & came into the hall. There were a few

clients with whom I sat talking. Gokhale, Bwaji, & Bhow Durrani came. I made up

my mind to leave this afternoon for Shirdi & told Dharwankar to make the

necessary arrangements. Mandlik Shastri & Haridas are sorry that I have to go

but it can not be helped. After breakfast I lay down for a while & then sat

reading. Chitale master came. Bandu came this morning from Elichpur. I decided

to take him with me. So I dressed at 4 P.M. & went to the Railway station with

my son Baba. With Bandu I got into the Mail. At

Amravati station I met Mr Smith of the Postil Department & his sister-in-law.

 

He lost his wife some ten days ago. At Badmera I met Mr Bind, & at Akola Mr Barr

& Captain Doctor. All the way up to Kopargaon I had the first class compartment

all to myself. I could not sleep well in the train. At Kopargaon we got a tonga

& drove to Sherdi reaching it soon after day break.

 

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