In what year did Hemantpant first meet Sai Baba, and what were the immediate circumstances of his arrival in Shirdi?

Hemantpant's first meeting with Sai Baba occurred in the year 1910 AD. As detailed in Chapter 2, he arrived in Shirdi between nine and ten in the morning and found lodging at Sathe’s Wada, which was the only place for travelers at the time. Upon disembarking from the tonga, he was filled with an intense eagerness for darshan. Just then, Tatyasaheb Noolkar, a great devotee, advised him to go quickly for a 'dust-meeting' as Baba was nearby, allowing Hemantpant to have his first darshan almost immediately upon arrival.