Abstract: Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati was an Indian social reformer, a pioneer in the education and emancipation of women in India. She was the first woman to be accorded the titles of Pandita as a Sanskrit scholar and Sarasvati after being examined by the faculty of the University of Calcutta. She was one of the 10 women delegates of the Congress session of 1889. In India Pandita Ramabai established Sharada Sadan (Home of Wisdom), a school for widows, in Mumbai. This was to be a non – sectarian school where, however, all the caste rules of Brahmins were meticulously observed. In the late 1890s, she founded Mukti Mission at Kedgaon village, forty miles east of the city of Pune. The mission was later named Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission. In 1920, Ramabai’s health began deteriorating. Breathed her last on 5th April 1922, almost a fortnight ahead of her 64th birthday.
Keywords: Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati, Indian social reformer, Mukti Mission.
Title: PANDITA RAMABAI SARASWATI’S SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN MODERN INDIA – A STUDY
Author: M.VENKATESAN, R.STHANISLAS
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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