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Sources
Circus - down, but not out
Nitha S V, Manorama Online October 9, 2013
The pioneer of the Indian circus
Vishnupant Chatre was born in a small village, Ankalkhop, in Sangali, Maharashtra. Vishnupant Chatre contributed a lot to this art and also played a part in popularising circus in India.
Basically, he was a master in horse riding.
"In 1879, the Chiarni Circus from Italy toured India. Balasaheb Patwardhan, the ruler of the princely state of Kurundwad (now part of Kolhapur district), went to watch it in Bombay with Vishnupant Moreshwar Chhatre, the superintendent of his stables," says circus historian Sreedharan Champad.
"Chhatre got interested in the circus and set up the Great Indian Circus in 1880 — the birth of circus in India.”
During that period, Indians were averse to creating their own circus companies and Chatre decided to establish one. Thus, the first Indian circus company was established in 1880.
Christened "Grand Indian Circus," it travelled not only inside India but also to south and East Asian countries and even to the US. It was due to his efforts that circus came to Kerala!
It did not take long for circuses to attract the attention of people in Thalassery [in present-day Kerala]. Prominent among them was the legendary gymnast Keeleri Kunhikkannan Master, who was working as a gymnast in the Basel Mission school of Gundert.
When Chatre's circus visited Thalassery, it also brought a major change in this artist’s life. He made a deal with Chatre hoping that his students would get employment opportunities in the Grand Indian Circus.
The story is continued on the page Rajkamal Talkies, Chirakkuni
See also
Vishnu Pant Chhatre
