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Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati (23 April 1858 – 5 April 1922) was an Indian social reformer and Christian missionary. 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 ...
Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar (7 February 1898 – 27 May 1935) was the wife of B. R. Ambedkar, [1] who said her support was instrumental in helping him pursue his higher education and his true potential. [2] . She has been the subject of many biographical movies and books. Several landmarks across India have been named after her.
Apr 23, 2018 · Social reformer and educationist Pandita Ramabai was born at Canara District in present-day Karnataka on 23 April 1858. Read to know more about this and other important events that took place on this day in history in this article. For UPSC 2023, follow BYJU'S.
Pandita Ramabai has not only been acknowledged as a great social reformer but widely remembered as one of the feminists of modern India who championed a constructive program for awakening, emancipating and educating Indian women.
Pandita Ramabai was: an unusual saint-like self-sacrificing “mother” to several thousand unfortunate, ill-treated child widows and destitute orphans. She started schools and the well-known Mission called the Pandita RAMABAI Mukti Mission.
Nov 14, 2018 · Pandita Ramabai Saraswati, a scholar, feminist and educator, broke nearly every rule and tradition that confined the life of an upper-caste Hindu woman in 19th-century India.
Ramabai (1858 – 1922) was an extraordinary woman of her time — an educator, scholar, feminist, and social reformer, whose life was an example of how womanhood and religious identity were negotiated against the backdrop of Brahmanical culture, Christianity, and colonialism.
Social reformer Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati tirelessly worked to promote education and emancipation of women during late 19th and 20th centuries. Born on April 23, 1858 in a Marathi speaking...
Pandita Ramabai: An introduction. Way back in 1800s, a young woman named Ramabai Dongre-Medhavi, a champion for the emancipation of women and a pioneer in education, saw the need and began a home for widows.
Apr 23, 2021 · Ramabai was a well-known personality by the time she decided to travel in the U.S., primarily to generate funds for her projects in India focusing on empowerment of widows. The New York Times and...
