D R Gadgil

V M Dandekar THE sudden passing away of Dhanan- jaya Ramnchandra Gadgil brings to an end a long, purposeful, devoted, and distinguished life. There is something remarkable in the way he began and peisevered. His entire university education took place in England. After appearing for the Senior Cambridge examination at Nagpur in 1916 and after waiting for two years because of the War, he went to Cambridge in 1918. There, having passed History Tripos Part I in 1920 and Economics Tripos Part II in 1921, he obtained the BA degree in 1921. The newly instituted M Litt degree required two years of research