Colonial History and Culture of Poona Social Movements and the City, AY 2021-22

This project is an attempt to study the anti-colonial movement, anti-caste movement and culture of Poona during the colonial period. It presents the history of anti-colonial and anti-caste movements based out of Colonial Poona and the people involved in these movements - Savitribai and Jotiba Phule, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Gopal Krishana Gokhale, Chapekar Brothers and other freedom fighters. Different historical sites like Phule wada,Shanivarwada, Lal Mahal, Shivneri Fort, Yerwada Jail, Phule Wada, Kesari Wada, Chapekar Wada, Aga Khan Palace, Vishram Bagh Wada, Mahadji Shinde Chhatri, Mahatma Phule Market, Savitribai Phule University and Sinhagad Fort