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Dajikaka Gadgil
Indian jeweller
For the politician, see Anant Gadgil.
Anant "Dajikaka" Gadgil (11 September 1915 – 10 January 2014) was an Indian jeweller, industrialist and writer.
He is best known for founding the P. N. Gadgil Jewellers & Company in Pune in 1958.[1]
Early life and family
Gadgil was born on 11 September 1915, in Sangli, to Ganesh and Yashoda Gadgil (née Mahajan), of the Gadgilgharana of Dongare-Kondhe.
His mother was his father's third wife, and Gadgil had two sisters. He had three half siblings through his father's second and fifth marriages.
January 10, 2025Gadgil married Tarabai Abhyankar, and the couple had two daughters and a son. She would adopt the name Kamalabai upon marriage. He was a great-grandson of Ganesh Gadgil, and a nephew of Purshottam Narayan Gadgil.[2]
Career
Gadgil initially began work as a jeweller at the P.
N. Gadgil Jewellers & Sons store in Sangli in 1938, moving to Pune to set up a branch of the family busin