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{{Infobox person<br />
| pre-nominals = <br />
| name = Dhondo Keshav Karve<br />
| image = Dhondo Keshav Karve 1958 stamp of India.jpg<br />
| caption = Karve on a 1958 stamp of India<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1858|4|18|df=y}} <br />
| birth_place = [[Dapoli]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|11|9|1858|4|18|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Professor|Activist|Writer|Social Worker}}<br />
| spouse = Radhabai and Godubai<br />
| children = [[Raghunath Karve]], Shankar Karve, Dinkar Karve, Bhaskar Karve<br />
}}<br />
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'''Dhondo Keshav Karve''' (धोंडो केशव कर्वे)(18 April 1858 – 9 November 1962), popularly known as '''Maharshi Karve (महर्षी कर्वे)''', was a social reformer in India in the field of [[women's rights|women's welfare]]. He advocated widow remarriage and he himself married a widow. In his honour, Karvenagar in Pune was named after him & Queen's Road in Mumbai (Bombay) was renamed to Maharshi Karve Road. Karve was a pioneer in promoting widows' education. He founded the first women's university in India - [[SNDT Women's University]] .<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/maharshi-kavre-318508-2016-04-18 Remembering Maharshi Karve, the man who set up India's first university for women] ''India Today''. 18 April 2016.</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him with the highest civilian award, the [[Bharat Ratna]], in 1958, the year of his 100th birthday.<br />
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The appellation ''[[Maharshi]]'', which the Indian public often assigned to Karve, means "a great sage".<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Dhondo Keshav Karve was born on 18 April 1858, at [[Shiravali|Sheravali]], in [[Ratnagiri district]] of [[Maharashtra]]. He belonged to a lower middle-class [[Brahmin]] family and his father’s name was Keshav Bapunna Karve.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-18|title=Dhondo Keshav Karve – The Great Indian Social Reformer who...|url=https://www.beaninspirer.com/dhondo-keshav-karve-the-great-indian-social-reformer-who-pioneered-womens-education-in-india-and-set-up-indias-first-school-for-widows-and-first-university-for-women/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=www.beaninspirer.com|language=en-us}}</ref><br />
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==Career as a college professor==<br />
During 1891–1914, Karve taught mathematics at [[Fergusson College]] in [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="FergussonCollegeMathematics">{{cite web<br />
|title=Fergusson College Department of Mathematics web page<br />
|url=http://www.fergusson.edu/courses/science/mathematics/<br />
|access-date=11 August 2006<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619143154/http://www.fergusson.edu/courses/science/mathematics/<br />
|archive-date=19 June 2006<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Autobiographical works==<br />
Karve wrote two autobiographical works: ''Ātmawrutta'' (1928) in Marathi, and ''Looking Back'' (1936) in English.<br />
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==Depictions in popular culture==<br />
The Marathi play ''Himalayachi Saavli'' (हिमालयाची सावली) (literal meaning, "The Shadow of the Himalayas". Contextually it means, under the cover of Himalaya) by [[Vasant Kanetkar]], published in 1972, is loosely based on the life of Karve. The character of Nanasaheb Bhanu is a composite character based on Karve and other Marathi social reformers of the late 19th and early 20th century. The play itself depicts the tension between Bhanu/Karve's public life as a social reformer and his family life due to the social backlash and economic hardships his children and wife had to endure.<br />
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''The Story of Dr. Karve'' is a 1958 documentary film directed by Neil Gokhale and [[Ram Gabale]]. It was produced by the [[Government of India]]'s [[Films Division]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jag Mohan|title=Documentary films and Indian Awakening|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfgADgAAQBAJ&pg=PT128|year=1990|publisher=[[Publications Division (India)|Publications Division]]|isbn=978-81-230-2363-2|page=128}}</ref><br />
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The 2001 film ''[[Dhyaas Parva]]'' (ध्यास पर्व) by [[Amol Palekar]], based on the life of Karve's son Raghunath, also depicts the Karve family, and their social reformation projects.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Ahmed|first1=Afsana|last2=Aug 20|first2=Smrity Sharma /|last3=2001|last4=Ist|first4=23:39|title=Amol Palekar, Actor & Film-Maker on his latest film Dhyaas-Parva's {{!}} Lucknow News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Amol-Palekar-Actor-Film-Maker-on-his-latest-film-Dhyaas-Parvas/articleshow/1438446102.cms|access-date=2021-01-12|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Taluka Dapoli, a research based initiative, made a documentary on life of Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve in 2017.<ref name="talukadapoli.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.talukadapoli.com/en/personalities/maharshi-dhondo-keshav-karve/|title=Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve {{!}} Taluka Dapoli|website=www.talukadapoli.com|access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
*1942 – awarded [[Doctor of Letters]] (D. Litt.) by [[Banaras Hindu University]]<br />
*1951 – awarded D.Litt. by [[Pune University]]<br />
*1954 – awarded D.Litt. by [[SNDT Women's University|S.N.D.T. University]]<br />
*1955 – awarded [[Padma Vibhushan]] by the Government of India<ref name="award">{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2007) |url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwards1954-2007.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |access-date=26 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410024701/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/PadmaAwards1954-2007.pdf |archive-date=10 April 2009 }}</ref><br />
*1957 – awarded LL.D. by [[University of Mumbai]]<br />
*1958 – awarded [[Bharat Ratna]], the highest civilian award of India, by the Government of India<ref name="award" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha]]<br />
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