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Dhondo Keshav Karve, Indian educator and activist, Bharat Ratna Awardee (died 1962)
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Dhondo Keshav Karve
Indian social reformer (1858–1962)
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bharat Ratna
India's highest civilian award
The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of "exceptional service/performance of the highest order", without distinction of race, occupation, position or gender. The award was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)