MAHADEO GOVIND See also:

• MAHADEO GOVIND RANADE (1842-1901)

RANADE (1842-1901)  , See also:

• INDIAN

Indian lawyer, reformer and author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 16th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1842 at Niphad, in See also:

• NASIK

Nasik See also:

• DISTRICT

district, of a Chitpavan See also:

• BRAHMAN

Brahman See also:

• FAMILY

family . When his See also:

• FATHER

father was See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister at See also:

• KOLHAPUR

Kolhapur he attended the Anglo-See also:

• VERNACULAR (Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave horn in his master's house)

vernacular school in that See also:

• TOWN

town, and joined the See also:

• ELPHINSTONE, MOUNTSTUART (1779-1859)
• ELPHINSTONE, WILLIAM (1431-1514)

Elphinstone See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute in Bombay at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen . He was one of the first graduates of the Bombay University, taking the B.A. in 1862 and the LL.B. in 1866 . Having entered See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government service he became See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate and then See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the small cause See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court at Bombay in 1871, first-class sub-judge at See also:

• POONA, or PUNA

Poona in 1873, and judge of the Poona small cause court in 1884, after which, as See also:

• SPECIAL

special judge under the See also:

• DECCAN (Sans. Dakshina, " the South ")

Deccan Agriculturists' See also:

• RELIEF

Relief See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act from 1887, he came into See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close contact with the difficulties of the agrarian classes . In 1886 he was a member of the See also:

• FINANCE

finance See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee appointed to See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on the See also:

• EXPENDITURE

expenditure, both imperial and provincial, with a view to See also:

• RETRENCHMENT (Fr. retrenchemen.t, an old form of retranchement, from retrancher, to cut down, cut short)

retrenchment . This service won him the decoration of C.I.E . He became a member of the legislative See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

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
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

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 (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

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
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

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, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

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
• BENGAL, BAY OF

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

• THEISM
• THEISM (Gr. Beor, god)

theism are based on the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

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 .

See also:

• RANADE, MAHADEO GOVIND (1842-1901)

Ranade (Bombay, 1902) .