Dhondo Keshav Karve

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Dhondo Keshav Karve was an Indian social reformer and educationist renowned for championing women’s education and widow remarriage, and for founding institutions such as SNDT Women’s University.

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instanceOf educationist
human
philanthropist
social reformer
alsoKnownAs Maharshi Karve NERFINISHED
awardReceived Bharat Ratna NERFINISHED
Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal NERFINISHED
Padma Vibhushan NERFINISHED
Templeton Prize (not received) NERFINISHED
centenaryCelebration birth centenary commemorated in 1958
child Raghunath Dhondo Karve NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy Maharshi Karve Road in Mumbai NERFINISHED
Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1858-04-18
dateOfDeath 1962-11-09
educatedAt Elphinstone College, Bombay NERFINISHED
employer Fergusson College, Pune NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork social reform
widow remarriage
women’s education
founded Anath Balikashram at Hingne
Hingne Stree Shikshan Sanstha NERFINISHED
India’s first women’s university
Nishkam Karma Math NERFINISHED
SNDT Women’s University NERFINISHED
SNDT Women’s University, Pune (originally in Mumbai) NERFINISHED
Widow Marriage Association (support activities) NERFINISHED
gender male
honorificPrefix Maharshi
ideology social equality
women’s emancipation
languageSpoken English
Marathi NERFINISHED
movement social reform movement in India
name Dhondo Keshav Karve NERFINISHED
notableAchievement established the first women’s university in India in 1916
pioneered institutional education for widows in Maharashtra
notableWork campaign for widow remarriage
promotion of women’s education in India
occupation educationist
professor
social worker
placeOfBirth Sheravali, Ratnagiri district, Bombay Presidency, British India NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Pune, Maharashtra, India NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor of mathematics at Fergusson College
religion Hinduism
residence Mumbai NERFINISHED
Pune NERFINISHED
spouse Anandibai Karve NERFINISHED
Radhabai Karve NERFINISHED

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Chitpavan Brahmins associatedWith Dhondo Keshav Karve