A month after the Gujarat High Court refused to stay the demolition of the red-bricked Pushpakoot – the iconic bungalow that was once the residence of cricket legend Captain Vijay Hazare – the sprawling 15,000 sq ft mansion has been reduced to rubble by the contractors hired by the state roads and buildings (R&B) department. […]
Hazare was the last occupant of the 'Pushpakoot' bungalow until 1976 before it was handed over to the government by the family in "distress sale" under the Urban Land Ceiling Act that was passed in the same year.