60. Succeeded in compiling the family tree

Thousand Moon: Shri Dattatreya Ambadas Boradkar(82)
Contributed By: Raghunath Boradkar

Shri Dattatreya Ambadas Boradkar is 82 years old. He lives in  Shankar Nagar Nagpur. Fit and very agile at his age , he leads a quiet life . He is a devotee of his Kuldavta Hiramata of a place Jamthi in Vidarbha.

He did his matriculation in 1948 and joined District and Sessions judge office in Rajnandgaon in the then Central Provinces and Berar,[Madhyaprant ani Warhad] in August 1949.He was transferred to Nagpur in 1951. He retired  from High court office after completing  his full tenure of the said office.

He recollects his days with exceptional clarity

One particular memory that he cherishes is about his participation in the RSS satyagraha on 9^th December 1948.He was sentenced to six months rigorous imprisonment and a fine of fifty rupees.He was kept in Jabalpore jail but was released on 23/2/1949 as the Satyagraha was called off. This particular memory is very dear to him and is very proud of it.

Some time after retirement he thought  of compiling a family tree. He had heard many stories from his mother and grand mother. So he started meeting the older relatives and collecting  whatever material could be available. But there was hardly anything available save a few pieces of paper with some names. He used to travel a lot for his office work and so new some people in survey department. That helped him to some extent. One piece of paper that he got had a sort of family tree which started with some Keshobhat. Nothing was known about him. The ancestral place was supposed to be a small village Nachangaon-Deoli near Pulgaon. The village had an old Siddheshvar temple and one of the ancestors was invited as a yadnya was to be performed there. So Keshobhat came and settled there. But it was just a sort of family history and could be considered as a fable.

But Dattatreya Boradkar was determined. He started writing letters to all Boradkars and related people to collect more information. Some responded some did not. Some considered it a waste of time and a meaning less effort. But it didn’t deter him he continued relentlessly and ultimately succeeded in compiling the family tree with the addresses and phone numbers of all the family members and a detailed family chart.

Publishing this small book was a great moment in his life and the years he put in this effort were fruitful. For him this was what is called happiness and contentment and also fulfillment in life.