Telang, Kashinath : (1850-93): a Saraswat Gond Brahman of Thana, Bombay named Kāshināth Triambakrao: adopted by his father’s elder brother: educated at Elphinstone High School, Fellow of the Elphinstone College under K.M. Chatfield: teacher at that college 1867-72: joined the bar as an advocate: M.A. 1868, LLB 1871: studied English literature, philosophy & political economy, became an accomplished public speaker & writer: proficient in Sanskrit, translated the Bhagavad Gita into English verse for Max Müller’s “Sacred Books of the East”: very successful at the bar: frequently consulted by judges on points of Hindu Law. In politics he was generally on the side of the Opposition, criticised the Salt Bill, the Revenue Jurisdiction Bill, the Licence Tax & the Cotton duties: appointed a Law Professor & Fellow of Bombay University of which he ultimately became Vice-Chancellor: Member of the Education Commission 1882: C.I.E. (Companion of Indian Empire): Member of Bombay Legislative Council 1884: Judge of Bombay High Court 1889: helped organize the INC 1885: elected President of Bombay branch of Royal Asiatic Socy 1892: contributed to Indian Antiquary: wrote Gleanings from Mahratta Chronicles. [Buckland]

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Early Cultural Writings > His Versatility

... this mere mortal breath. It appeared too with melancholy effects in the literary fate of Kashinath Telang. It was one reason why he, a man of such large abilities, the most considerable genius a highly intellectual people has produced, yet left nothing to which the world will return with unfailing delight. Telang, it is true, worked mainly in English, a language he had learned; and in a language you ...