Dhondo Keshav Karve

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title: Dhondo Keshav Karve
text: Dhondo Keshav Karve, 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. The Government of India awarded him with the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1958, the year of his 100th birthday. He organized a conference against t
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description: Indian social reformer (1858–1962)
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date created: 2004-12-22T04:25:05Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T08:01:44Z
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