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council of Bombay in 1885, and occupied that position until raised to the high court in 1893. Being an energetic social reformer, he directed his efforts against See also:

INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant marriages, the shaving of widows, the heavy cost of marriages and other social functions, and the See also:

CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste restrictions on travelling abroad. He strenuously advocated widow remarriage and See also:

FEMALE

female See also:

EDUCATION

education. He was the founder of the social See also:

CONFERENCE

conference See also:

MOVEMENT

movement, which he supported till his See also:

DEATH

death. In the See also:

POLITICAL

political See also:

SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere he founded the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, through which he frequently helped the government with See also:

sound See also:

ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice. He was also one of the originators of the Indian See also:

NATIONAL

National See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress.

In Bombay University, where he held the offices of See also:

SYNDIC (Late Lat. syndicus, Gr. vivv&aos, one who helps in a court of justice, an advocate, representative, crap, with, and Sirc77, justice)

syndic and See also:

dean in arts, he displayed much organizing See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power and See also:

GREAT

great intimacy with the needs of the student class. Him-self a thorough Mahratti See also:

SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, he encouraged the See also:

TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

standard See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

WORKS

works, and tried, with some success, to introduce vernacular See also:

LANGUAGES

languages into the university curriculum. Though reared in the strictest tenets of See also:

HINDUISM

Hinduism, his deep religious feeling and trained See also:

INTELLECT (Lat. intellectus, from intelligere, to understand)

intellect craved something higher and broader than he could find in the traditional forms and orthodox teaching of his See also:

RACE

race. The same spiritual want being See also:

FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt by many enlightened See also:

HINDUS

Hindus, he joined with his See also:

friends, Dr Atmaram Pandurang, Bal Mangesh Wagle and Vaman Abaji Modak, in See also:

FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding a new See also:

SECT

sect in Bombay known as the " Parthana Samaj." This community resembles, in all essential points, the Brahma Samaj of See also:

Bengal. Its principles of en-3ghtened See also:

theism are based on the See also:

ancient Vedas. Ile published In the See also:

BRITISH

British Museum.books on Indian See also:

ECONOMICS

economics and on Mahratta See also:

HISTORY

history. He died on the 16th of January 1901. He See also:

LEFT

left no See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, but his widow continued his See also:

WORK

work of social and educational reform at Poona. See G. A. Mankar, See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice M. G.

Ranade (Bombay, 1902).

End of Article: RANADE, MAHADEO GOVIND (1842-1901)

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