Pune Municipal Corporation An August Body
Pune Municipal Corporation : An August Body By Camil Parkhe Not many Puneites would know that Mahatma Jyotiba Phule – after whom the vegetable market in the city is named – was in the forefront opposing the construction of this market. As a member of the Pune Municipal Council during the later stages of his life, Phule, known for his concern for the downtrodden, had opposed the proposal for the central market demanding that the same money be instead used for providing education to the children who could not afford it. Mahatma Phule is not the only person of national stature who was associated with the more 125-year-old Pune Municipal Council. Notwistanding the recent trend of group wars in the corporation, a glance at the list of mayors, deputy mayors and other representatives of the civic body makes the civic body and Puneites proud. Lokmanya Tilak, who dominated the freedom struggle movement in the country for over three and half decades, also was a member of the Pune Mun...