Give a Character Sketch Professor Gaitonde and Rajendra Deshpande from Class 11 English Hornbill Book Chapter 7 The Adventure
Character Sketch of Professor Gaitonde
Professor Gaitonde is a professor of history. He is quite a passionate researcher and has a strong personality. He experiences a unique phenomenon. He meets with an accident and goes into a coma; during the time he is in coma, his consciousness experiences British India in which he sees a different Bombay. He also finds history to be changed in which India had never ever become slave to the British. He also finds that Marathas had defeated the troops of Abdali at Panipat. He leaves no stone unturned to find the truth behind the battle of Panipat and the conflicting thoughts about it. He is patient enough to listen to others version of history and understands things from every possible angle.
The Adventure Overview – The chapter ‘The Adventure’ is a story about Professor Gangadharpant Gaitonde who is strangely in a different world. He knows it is Pune but the facts are different from what he believes. He decided to go to Bombay via train ‘Jijamata Express’. When he reached Bombay, things were different. When he decides to investigate the history, he finds some surprising facts. The East India Company was still ruling and the Battle of Panipat had been won by Marathas. It was different from what he knew and had studied. The East India Company was taken aback after events of 1857 and the Battle of Panipat had been won by Mughals.
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2. How does Professor Gaitonde change throughout the chapter?
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Character Sketch of Rajendra Deshpande
Rajendra Deshpande was a good friend of Professor Gaitonde. He tries to solve the confusion of Professor Gaitonde by taking practical examples of Quantum Theory and Catastrophe Theory.
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1. Who was Rajendra Deshpande?
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