Pandita Ramabai
Indian feminist historian and social reformer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati (23 April 1858 – 5 April 1922) was an Indian social reformer. She was the first woman to be awarded the titles of Pandita as a Sanskrit scholar and Sarasvati after being examined by the faculty of the University of Calcutta.[1] She was one of the ten women delegates of the Congress session of 1889.[2][3] During her stay in England in early 1880s she converted to Christianity. After that she toured extensively in the United States to collect funds for destitute Indian women. With the funds raised she started Sharada Sadan for child widows. In the late 1890s, she founded Mukti Mission, a Christian charity at Kedgaon village, forty miles east of the city of Pune.[4][5] The mission was later named Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission.
Pandita Ramabai | |
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Born | Rama Dongre (1858-04-23)23 April 1858 |
Died | 5 April 1922(1922-04-05) (aged 63) |
Occupation | Social reformer |
Years active | 1885–1922 |
Organization(s) | Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission, Kedgaon |
Known for | Ministry among destitute and orphan girls |
Notable work | The High Caste Hindu Woman (1887)[citation needed] |
Spouse |
Bipin Behari Medhvi
(m. 1880; died 1882) |
Children | 1 |