| Names |
MAHADEV Govind
RANADE |
| Date of
Birth |
January 18, 1842 |
| Date of
Death |
January 16, 1901 |
| Identity |
Indian scholar,
social reformer and author. |
| Special
Achievements / Events |
- He was a founding member of the Indian National Congress
and earned several designations as member of the Bombay
legislative council, member of the finance committee at the
centre, and the judge of Bombay High Court.
- During his life he helped establish the Vaktruttvottejak
Sabha, the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha and the Prarthana Samaj,
and would edit a Bombay Anglo-Marathi daily paper, the
Induprakash, founded on his ideology of social and religious
reform.
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