| Names |
Dr. DHONDHO KESHAV
KARVE |
| Date of Birth |
April 18, 1858 ( Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India) |
| Date of
Death |
November 09, 1962
(Pune, Maharashtra, India)
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|
Identity |
Social Reformer in the field of
Women’s Welfare & Education |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- June 03, 1916:
He set up the first university for
women at Pune.
- 1942: Awarded Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.) by Banaras Hindu
University.
- 1951: Awarded D.Litt. by Pune University.
- 1954: Awarded D.Litt. by S.N.D.T. University.
- 1955: Awarded Padma Vibhushan by the Government of
India.
- 1957: Awarded LL.D. by University of Mumbai.
- 1958: Awarded
BHARAT RATNA by the Government of
India.
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| General |
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He is popularly known as: Maharishi Karve
and also Annasaheb Karve.
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He had sown the seeds of women’s enlightenment and empowerment which
the present day world is cherishing.
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Mahatma Phule and Savitribai Phule are known as
pioneers in promoting women's education. Inspired by their movement,
Karve decided to continue the work of promoting women's education in
India.
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The title Maharishi, which is often assigned to Karve, means
"a great sage".
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Two years after the death of his wife, Keshav Karve
married a widow (Godubai), very much against the then
prevailing social conventions and thereby implementing his own
reformatory thoughts with extra-ordinary courage.
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Before marrying Karve, Godubai had started studying in her
early twenties at Panditā Ramābāi’s pioneering Shāradā Sadan as its
first widow student, and had also displayed equal courage, like
Karve, in defying the social conventions against remarriages by
widows.
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In 1893, Karve founded Widhawā-Wiwāhottejak Mandali, which,
besides encouraging marriages of widows, also helped the needy
children of widows. In 1895, the institution was renamed as
Widhawā-Wiwāha-Pratibandh-Niwārak Mandali (Society to
Remove Obstacles to Marriages of Widows).
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Besides dedicating his life to the emancipation of women in
India, Karve stood for the abolition of the caste system and
the curse of untouchability in Hindu society.
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Commemorations |
Queen's Road in Mumbai (Bombay) was renamed to Maharishi
Karve Road.
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