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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]
Social reformer Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati tirelessly worked to promote education and emancipation of women during late 19th and 20th centuries.
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.
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.
Aug 3, 2023 · Pandita Ramabai. women's education. Indian history. Social Reform. feminism. Mukti Mission. From facing personal loss to leading a social revolution, Pandita Ramabai's journey is an...
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.
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.