SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Dhondo Keshav Karve

1858 - 1962

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Dhondo Keshav Karve (18 April 1858 – 9 November 1962) (), popularly known as Maharshi Karve, was a social reformer in India in the field of women's welfare. He advocated widow remarriage, and he himself remarried a widow as a widower. Karve was a pioneer in promoting widows' education. He founded the first women's university in India, the SNDT Women's University in 1916. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dhondo Keshav Karve is the 400th most popular social activist (down from 332nd in 2019), the 507th most popular biography from India (down from 386th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Dhondo Keshav Karve ranks 400 out of 840. Before him are Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Sophie Liebknecht, Sumner Paine, Lempira, Black Elk, and Franceska Mann. After him are Meri Mangakāhia, Germaine Tillion, Ram Manohar Lohia, İbrahim Kaypakkaya, Ivan Bolotnikov, and Ninomiya Sontoku.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Dhondo Keshav Karve ranks 96. Before him are John L. Sullivan, Bipin Chandra Pal, Eduard von Toll, Gerard Philips, Mikimoto Kōkichi, and Helen Churchill Candee. After him are Oskar Minkowski, Edmond Aman-Jean, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Heinrich Zille, Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, and Georgi Todorov. Among people deceased in 1962, Dhondo Keshav Karve ranks 119. Before him are Alessandro Pirzio Biroli, Paul Götz, Joe Ruddy, Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Carl Diem, and Roger Ducret. After him are Edmond Privat, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Florence Lee, Joseph Rock, Forrest Smithson, and Sao Shwe Thaik.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dhondo Keshav Karve ranks 507 out of 1,861. Before him are Tyagaraja (1767), Shruti Haasan (1986), B. R. Chopra (1914), Ranveer Singh (1985), Boney Kapoor (1955), and Mamata Banerjee (1955). After him are Kajol (1974), Sumitranandan Pant (1900), John Frost (1912), Soumya Swaminathan (1959), Ram Manohar Lohia (1910), and Guru Har Krishan (1656).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Dhondo Keshav Karve ranks 27. Before him are Khudiram Bose (1889), M. N. Roy (1887), Satish Kumar (1936), Baba Amte (1914), Jayaprakash Narayan (1902), and Ela Bhatt (1933). After him are Ram Manohar Lohia (1910), Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842), Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), Bhikaiji Cama (1861), Irom Chanu Sharmila (1972), and Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911).

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