Dnyaneshwar Agashe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dnyaneshwar Agashe

Indian businessman

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1942

Place of Birth: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Date of Death: 02-Jan-2009

Profession: business magnate, cricketer, philanthropist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Dnyaneshwar Agashe (17 April 1942 – 2 January 2009) was an Indian businessman, cricketer, cricket administrator and philanthropist. A wicketkeeper-batsman, Agashe played first-class cricket for Maharashtra between 1962 and 1968.
He was twice vice-president of Board of Control for Cricket in India, serving his second and final term from 1995 to 1999.
He was chairman and managing director of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate, chairman of Kolhapur Steel and founded the Suvarna Sahakari Bank in 1969. Agashe and his family came into public scandal with the Suvarna Sahakari Bank scam case in 2008.
While in judicial custody during the scandal, Agashe died of a heart attack from complications of diabetes, in 2009.