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Irawati Karve

1905 - 1970

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Irawati Karve (15 December 1905 – 11 August 1970) was an Indian sociologist, anthropologist, educationist and writer from Maharashtra, India. She was one of the students of G.S. Ghurye, the founder of sociology in India. She has been regarded as the first female Indian sociologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irawati Karve is the 5,613th most popular writer (down from 3,960th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) (down from 30th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Burmese Writer.

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Among writers, Irawati Karve ranks 5,613 out of 7,302. Before her are Riccardo Bacchelli, Mari Jungstedt, Keri Hulme, Ivan Dmitriev, Jorge Icaza Coronel, and Muthuswami Dikshitar. After her are Ludwig Ganghofer, Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, Hendrik Marsman, Nirmal Verma, Sam Houser, and Henry Lincoln.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Irawati Karve ranks 325. Before her are Andy Devine, Inger Hagerup, Arturo Coddou, Harry Lundahl, Jacques Mairesse, and Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald. After her are Maksimilijan Mihelčič, Juan Alfonso Valle, Richard Haydn, Louis Armand, Anna Chandy, and Maria Vierdag. Among people deceased in 1970, Irawati Karve ranks 228. Before her are William Feller, Alexandros Chalkokondylis, Vilhelm Carlberg, Conrad Nagel, Jacob Viner, and Gypsy Rose Lee. After her are John Beazley, Ernst Krebs, William Hopper, Walter Reuther, David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven, and Leopoldo Conti.

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In Myanmar (Burma)

Among people born in Myanmar (Burma), Irawati Karve ranks 37 out of 40. Before her are Bagyidaw (1784), Sao Shwe Thaik (1896), San Yu (1918), Khin Nyunt (1939), Maha Bandula (1782), and Helen (1938). After her are James Wilby (1958), Manuel Aaron (1935), Prakash Karat (1948), and Ye Tun Naung (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Myanmar (Burma)

Among writers born in Myanmar (Burma), Irawati Karve ranks 3. Before her are Saki (1870), and S. N. Goenka (1924).

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