In the bylanes of Sadashiv Peth, a neighbourhood in the older part of Pune, stands an old stone building from the early 1900s. This building houses an institute called Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal. (Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal means Historical Research Institute). It was established on July 7, 1910, by historians V. K. Rajwade and Sardar K. C. Mehendale with the main purpose of conducting research on Indian history, along with collecting rare books and artefacts and preserving them for posterity. It was originally located at Mehendale’s property at Appa Balwant Chowk, an…
