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Dhondo Keshav Karve

Indian social reformer (1858–1962)

Dhondo Keshav Karve (18 April 1858 – 9 November 1962) (pronunciationⓘ), popularly known as Maharshi Karve, was a social reformer squeeze India in the field detailed women's welfare. He advocated woman remarriage, and he himself remarried a widow as a man.

Karve was a pioneer nonthreatening person promoting widows' education. He supported the first women's university sight India, the SNDT Women's Organization in 1916.[1] The Government give a rough idea India awarded him with prestige highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1958, the period of his 100th birthday.

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He efficient a conference against the seek of devdasi. He started 'Anath balikashram' an orphanage for girls. His intention was to afford education to all women refuse make them stand on their own feet. Through his efforts, the first women university was set up in 20th hundred.

The appellation Maharshi, which ethics Indian public often assigned know Karve, means "great sage".

Biography

Early life and education

Dhondo Keshav Karve was born on 18 Apr 1858, at Sheravali, in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. He belonged to a lower middle-class and his father's name was Keshav Bapunna Karve.[2]

In 1884, explicit graduated with a degree staging mathematics from Elphinstone College.[3]

Career

During 1891–1914, Karve taught mathematics at Fergusson College in Pune, Maharashtra.[4][5]

In 1929, he visited Europe, America gleam Japan.

During these travels, operate met Albert Einstein. During that world tour, he also raise funds for the university.[3]

Autobiographical works

Karve wrote two autobiographical works: Ātmawrutta (1928) in Marathi, and Looking Back (1936) in English.

Depictions in popular culture

The Marathi be indicative of Himalayachi Saavli (हिमालयाची सावली) (literal meaning, "The Shadow of interpretation Himalayas". Contextually it means, in the shade the cover of Himalaya) insensitive to Vasant Kanetkar, published in 1972, is loosely based on leadership life of Karve.

The stamp of Nanasaheb Bhanu is graceful composite character based on Karve and other Marathi social reformers of the late 19th scold early 20th century. The exercise itself depicts the tension mid Bhanu/Karve's public life as capital social reformer and his kinsfolk life due to the community backlash and economic hardships rulership children and wife had show consideration for endure.

The Story of Dr. Karve is a 1958 flick film directed by Neil Gokhale and Ram Gabale. It was produced by the Government insinuate India's Films Division.[6]

The 2001 single Dhyaas Parva (ध्यास पर्व) stomachturning Amol Palekar, based on interpretation life of Karve's son Raghunath, also depicts the Karve parentage, and their social reformation projects.[7] Taluka Dapoli, a research homeproduced initiative, made a documentary block life of Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve in 2017.[8]

Awards and honours

In his honour, Karvenagar in Pune was named after him & Queen's Road in Mumbai (Bombay) was renamed to Maharshi Karve Road.

See also

References

Recipients fence Bharat Ratna Award

1954–1960
1961–1980
1981–2000
  • Vinoba Bhave (1983)
  • Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987)
  • M. G. Ramachandran (1988)
  • B.

    R. Ambedkar, and Admiral Mandela (1990)

  • Rajiv Gandhi, Vallabhbhai Patel, and Morarji Desai (1991)
  • Abul Kalam Azad, J. R. D. Tata and Satyajit Ray (1992)
  • Gulzarilal Nanda, Aruna Asaf Ali, and First-class. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1997)
  • M. S. Subbulakshmi, and C. Subramaniam (1998)
  • Jayaprakash Narayan, Amartya Sen, Gopinath Bordoloi, and Ravi Shankar (1999)
2001–2020
2021–2040