| Name(s) |
Ramakrishna Gopal
R.G. BHANDARKAR |
| Date of
Birth |
July 06, 1837 |
| Date of
death |
August 24, 1925 |
|
Identity |
Indian scholar,
orientalist, and social reformer. |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He advocated widow
marriages and castigated
the evils of the caste system and
child marriage.
- As an educationist, he was
elected to the Council of
India in 1903 as a
non-official member. Gopal
Krishna Gokhale was another
member to the Council.
- In 1911 he was knighted
C.I.E.
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Commemorations |
The world-renowned Bhandarkar
Oriental Research Institute in
Pune is named after Ramakrishna Gopal
Bhandarkar.
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